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minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoThere was also a great proposal to use kiloseconds. We already use 15 minutes (16.67 minutes = 1ksec) a lot in regular speech. My language has a word for it (kvarter) which is used all the time. There used to be cool website listing all the benefits but it’s been down for a few years :(
minus-squareBandanaBug@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI’m assuming your language’s word for it comes from “quarter” meaning a forth of the total. In this case the total being an hour.
There was also a great proposal to use kiloseconds.
We already use 15 minutes (16.67 minutes = 1ksec) a lot in regular speech. My language has a word for it (kvarter) which is used all the time.
There used to be cool website listing all the benefits but it’s been down for a few years :(
I’m assuming your language’s word for it comes from “quarter” meaning a forth of the total. In this case the total being an hour.