Spraynard Kruger

Ripping minority children from their parents has been a tradition in the USA since the very beginning. From the shameful history of slavery, to the shameful history of native American boarding schools, to the shameful current reality of anti-immigration policies and enforcement.

No, but their eggs make delicious omelettes

That explains it. Looks so much like my kitchen floor, which is also laminate.

This is very picturesque. Great technique.

I have to ask because I noticed it. Is this taken on your floor?

I think most people would understand kph = kilometers per hour. Don’t tell the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, though. They might get mad you for saying that.

I think you’re right about the international standardization. Also, I think another important factor is that the average American has a concept of how long a foot is, how hot 70°F is, how much a pound weighs, etc. These are easily to visualize because these measurements are used in everyday life outside of engineering applications. Most people don’t have a concept of the units we use to measure the invisible magic force in our walls.

I’m a civil engineer in the US, and can confirm that my industry uses US Customary units. I have some mechanical engineer friends, and most also use US Customary units, with certain exceptions. While in school, the intro classes I took used metric more often than not because it allowed for easier understanding of the source material. By the 3rd year, classes started employing more examples and problems in US Customary units. By year 4, it was almost exclusively US Customary units.

Forgive my lack of understanding here, but for electrical engineering, what are the alternatives to metric units? I know BTUs can be used instead of Joules, hp can be used instead of Watts, and AWG can be used instead of… Whatever the metric measurement is. BTUs and hp seem to be mainly used for specific industries and consumer products (let’s be honest nobody likes them anyway). AWG is used because that’s the standard that commonly available wires in the US are measured to.

Temperature and length are obvious. More specifically, I am thinking of volts, amps, and ohms (my understanding caps out at what I learned in my physics classes).

Thank you. I was looking at it thinking, “but 100m is only 10% of the other distance”.

BTW for any curious non-muricans, miles is abbreviated “mi” so it doesn’t get confused with meters. The only slight exception is when you are dealing with transportation, where none of the units are abbreviated properly:

• miles per hour = “mph” (should be mi/hr)
• miles per gallon = “mpg” (should be mi/gal)

Misread that as “my own mortality”, and thought he was poking the bear, so to speak.

Fortunately, his power is also limited by the amount of time he has left. So, hypothetically speaking, if anyone wants to… finish his term early, it would certainly constrain his power.

That is a great movie. Every bit of it is true to the real events of his life. I recommend that cinematic masterpiece to everyone.