International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

> a cylinder of a platinum alloy stored at the BIPM in France, will now be retired. It will be replaced by the Planck constant – the fundamental constant of quantum physics.

I thought they did that long time ago.

Re: International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

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Post by imhoguy » Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

I curiously wonder on what ground the future overhauls will happen. ToE? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_everything

Re: International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

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Post by tdcbfdct3 » Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

xvilka wrote: post #5

Too bad US doesn't use them.

The US measurements system is defined in SI units. So one pound is now defined by Planck's constant.

Re: International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

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Post by stickfigure » Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

On the rare chance that anyone here missed today's XKCD:

https://xkcd.com/2073/

Re: International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

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Post by throwaway2048 » Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

xvilka wrote: post #5

Too bad US doesn't use them.

It does actually, US measurements are legally defined in terms of metric units.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units