JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@Pat , slightly different story with Hubble, that was a part of the surface grinder that was put in upside down... but ya. Mistakes like that are compounded by having to convert units.

@Pat there are literally government regulations on this. Often so we don't crash another hundred million dollar probe onto Mars. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288-story.html

@Pat , your car speedo is made with parts that use the metric system. 10mm nuts, not 3/8ths. Your brakes are held on by a 17mm bolt. The legislation that defines how the car has to perform in a crash is written in metric tons of force.

@Pat NASA. Auto makers use metric. Pharmacies use metric. Science is all metric.

Sometimes it is worth taking a moment to reaffirm how beautiful humans can be:

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/japanese-mega-choir-sings-ode-to-joy/

@freemo , the USA has a weird hybrid system, where officially everything has to be done metric, but then translated to imperial for public consumption.

@morecowbell@mastodon.social , I have worked for dealers, and I whole heartedly agree. Never buy a car from a car lot of any sort.

@CriticalCupcake , most are possibly aware of this memorial, but here it is again for the few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empty_Library#:~:text=The%20Empty%20Library%20(1995)%2C,Germany%20on%20May%2010%2C%201933.

@trinsec , too late, the wheels are in motion. :)

@Esther2007 @pbump , no clue, but debate and focus on what buildings the virus was once in will not be part of any solution.

@Esther2007 @pbump , the virus is literally in thousands of labs right now. In most nations around the world. This fact doesn't determine where the virus originated, determine effective treatment, or any other bit of useful information. Refer to my "Ford vs Chevy" comment.

@Alice I don't follow the right people...

@RollingStone there is effectively a 0% chance I would ignore her and leave her in peace if I saw her out and about.

@Esther2007 @pbump , knowing it was once in a lab doesn't help understand origins, treatment, or anything. It's about as relevant as knowing if your Amazon package was delivered in a Ford or Chevy van.

@pbump will knowing the origin change any aspects of treatment, or would have saved any lives in the past, present, or future?

I suspect that answer is "no," to which I respond I really don't give a rat's ass where it came from.

@TheTootOfBob and you could be called "Russel the love muscle.... "

@BlackAzizAnansi , it really depends on what servers you use. There are far worse servers on mastodon than twitter is at it's worse. And also, far better.

@Talia_christine , as a CIS straight libertarian middle aged male, I'll take the queer communists before those idiots I went to HS with.