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Satellite That Beamed Down 4.8 TB of Data in 5 Minutes While Doing 17K MPH Dies on the Job (www.autoevolution.com)
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[โ€“] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I lived in North America for ~10 years, the whole time I still converted miles / pounds / fahrenheit into real units in my head.

To this day, feet/yards etc. sounds like made up measures to me.

[โ€“] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago

All measures are made up