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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 03:24:07 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   "kWh per hour" is the "ATM machine" of energy units.

   Now you can't unsee it. You're welcome.

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     tautology (tautology@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:35:47 JST tautology

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     @ryanc there are much worse cursed units. Look at physics, I mean the barn unit of area makes sense (1 barn = 10^-28 m^2).

     But then we get the Jansky, which measures spectral flux density and is 10^-26 W m^-2 Hz^-1, but is commonly referred to in 10^-23 ergs s^-1 cm^-2 Hz^-1, because when you're measuring distance in parsecs, then cms matter.

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     John Timaeus (johntimaeus@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:42:20 JST John Timaeus

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     @ryanc

     Even more, I have a hate for tech journalists who quote battery size in Amp hours, with no voltage.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:48:26 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • tautology

     @tautology wat

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:48:48 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • StarkRG

     @StarkRG exactly

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     starkrg@myside-yourside.net's status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:48:50 JST StarkRG

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     @ryanc Well, that's just kilowatts...

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 05:49:05 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • John Timaeus

     @johntimaeus that's worse, yes

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     CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: (catsalad@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 06:51:39 JST CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

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     @ryanc R.I.P. in peace 🪦

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     David (defractal@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 11:49:18 JST David

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     @ryanc It's a unit of power (a redundant way of writing kW), not energy, but do people use it as a unit of energy?

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     Rogan Dawes (rogandawes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 12:39:11 JST Rogan Dawes

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     @ryanc “average power over the period in question”. A useful metric, actually, which nerds with solar panels often like to track 😂

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     rhrgrt (rhrgrt@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:52:17 JST rhrgrt

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     @ryanc do you reckon banks track their KWh per ATM hour-machine? RIP in peace their energy bills if not