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Show HN: MetricPlease – Bookmarklet that turns 100 yards into 91.4 m

2 pointsby rufnameover 4 years ago

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kristianpover 4 years ago
Great idea, it&#x27;s so annoying that even science sites don&#x27;t use metric, for example a recent article about room temperature superconductors:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantamagazine.org&#x2F;physicists-discover-first-room-temperature-superconductor-20201014&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantamagazine.org&#x2F;physicists-discover-first-roo...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24777268" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24777268</a>
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rufnameover 4 years ago
This little bookmarklet helps with reading webpages that use &quot;inches&quot;, &quot;feet&quot;, &quot;yards&quot; and &quot;miles&quot; for people (like me) used to the metric system. (It can also handle in. ft. yd. mi.)