Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square557linkfedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square557linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 days agoHorsepower is a stupid way to measure how powerful a car is. What is this the 1800s?
minus-squareMaven@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoIts not even accurate to its name! Horses have more than 1 horse power!
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoYep! And people have different sized feet, so measuring distance in feet is silly and arbitrary!
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIIRC, a horse can output more than one horsepower in bursts, but can sustain one horsepower all day.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAlso there are like 5 different horsepowers and ways to measure it
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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!
Yep! And people have different sized feet, so measuring distance in feet is silly and arbitrary!
IIRC, a horse can output more than one horsepower in bursts, but can sustain one horsepower all day.
Madness, utter madness.
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.