Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square534fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square534fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months agoHorsepower is a stupid way to measure how powerful a car is. What is this the 1800s?
minus-squareMaven@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoIts not even accurate to its name! Horses have more than 1 horse power!
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoYep! And people have different sized feet, so measuring distance in feet is silly and arbitrary!
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIIRC, a horse can output more than one horsepower in bursts, but can sustain one horsepower all day.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAlso there are like 5 different horsepowers and ways to measure it
minus-squarefiendishplan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.