How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

  • Aatube
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    010 months ago

    SI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.

    • @lud@lemm.ee
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      710 months ago

      Having meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.

      • Aatube
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        110 months ago

        But that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure