Post ANrP9ApHTm23TyxRMu by prehensile@tech.lgbt
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 (DIR) Post #ANrP9ApHTm23TyxRMu by prehensile@tech.lgbt
       2022-09-22T19:35:00Z
       
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       Furry universe where every species uses a different system of traditional length units based on their body parts, forcing programmers to maintain complex tables listing the ratio of e.g. wingspans (hooded crow) to kneetops (elephant (asian))
       
 (DIR) Post #ANrP9BILjhHgw8Yeg4 by xelle@tech.lgbt
       2022-09-22T22:55:22Z
       
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       @prehensile I feel like at some point, maybe during the early stages of industrialization or the formation of the international community, they'd have come up with some kind of arbitrary unit ("arbu") for use in conversions, standards, manufacturing, etc. Species would still use their traditional units for things like body measurement, clothing sizes, etc but you could do conversions with arbu. Different areas might list their traditional units alongside on the signs, though.
       
 (DIR) Post #ANrP9ByBEAkF1s83sW by xelle@tech.lgbt
       2022-09-22T23:01:09Z
       
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       @prehensile And that wouldn't stop species from designing social systems around traditional units and converting everything into arbu at the end. A town populated mainly by jaguars could still plan their school day in the traditional unit (naptimes) and even have most of the materials for families list timetables and schedules as such – but they could convert that to time!arbu when reporting their plan to the next layer of authority.
       
 (DIR) Post #ANrP9CXz53Nuousega by prehensile@tech.lgbt
       2022-09-23T05:13:11Z
       
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       @xelle I always appreciate when someone thinks about my dumb idea much more and better than I did