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[-] speeding_slug@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago

A friend of mine: liters are not the same as kilograms. She's 30...

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 46 points 10 months ago

Tbf 1L of water is 1kg, so that's probably where the confusion is.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

Does she also think CO2 emissions are measured in gigabytes?

In my country, a then 74-year-old politician seemed to think that in this interview.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

They are now, sort of. People are so willing to consider the environmental impact, we actually have a "you consumed X GB this months, this is this amount of CO2eq". Which is sad when you have even the slightest clue on how network operates.

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