Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square563linkfedilinkarrow-up1183file-text
arrow-up1183message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square563linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·5 days agoHorsepower is a stupid way to measure how powerful a car is. What is this the 1800s?
minus-squareMaven@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 days agoIts not even accurate to its name! Horses have more than 1 horse power!
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoIIRC, a horse can output more than one horsepower in bursts, but can sustain one horsepower all day.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoYep! And people have different sized feet, so measuring distance in feet is silly and arbitrary!
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoAlso there are like 5 different horsepowers and ways to measure it
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI wish I could say “no big deal” but this is really bugging me more then it should.
Horsepower is a stupid way to measure how powerful a car is. What is this the 1800s?
Its not even accurate to its name! Horses have more than 1 horse power!
IIRC, a horse can output more than one horsepower in bursts, but can sustain one horsepower all day.
Madness, utter madness.
Yep! And people have different sized feet, so measuring distance in feet is silly and arbitrary!
Also there are like 5 different horsepowers and ways to measure it
I wish I could say “no big deal” but this is really bugging me more then it should.