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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >On 11/6/2025 2:21 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >> xkcd: Metric Tip   
   >>     https://www.xkcd.com/3164/   
   >>   
   >> No, no, no, no.   
   >>   
   >> I write software for a living and just added pressure dimensional units   
   >> number 25 and 26, mH2O (meters of H2O) and mH2Og (meters of H2O gauge).   
   >> Mixing dimensional units is a very bad thing for programmers, we will   
   >> screw it up.   
   >>   
   >> Explained at:   
   >>     https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3164:_Metric_Tip   
   >   
   >OK, I'll bite:   
   >   
   >What's the difference between the two?   
      
   14.7 psi.  Or about a bar.   
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