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[–] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

2,204 degrees Celsius in non-freedom units

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

so you think that inches too is a freedom unit?

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I mean, it isn't metric, so yes..?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

...being in nursing school is giving me a strong hatred for the imperial system.

The doctor ordered 35mg/kg Watdafuqenol IV QID. Available is a 2' by 15" section of torn out carpet soaked in spilled Watdafuqenol; when wrung out into the patient's left shoe, you get 97 chipmunk-mouthfuls diluted to a concentration of 24 Watdafuqenol to 1 tow jam. How many shot glasses do you administer?

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You might've already seen this, but try using the method of dimensional analysis where you work backwards on a single line and you'll never get one of those problems wrong again.

The key is just working backwards by units using the equations you have available. I know somebody that only got one of the questions on his MCAT correct bc he used this method lol.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (15 children)

I use dimensional analysis, but it's over two lines... and not sure what you mean by working backwards, since the order doesn't really matter so long as every value is in the correct line.

Since typing it out would be ugly as sin, example image stolen from google:

...they like to give us things like pt weight in lbs and oz, and ask for final product of tablespoons or some shit cuz they enjoy wasting our time, lol.

That the type you mean?

I know there are a few different ways to crunch the numbers, but DA is my favorite so far cuz it's so consistent.

*edit, example pic changed, first one put mcg twice in the same line, which is a weird move. /shrug

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago

Hopefully you can read my chicken scratch lol

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[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Even dimensional analysis works best with metric because sometimes you need to convert units and almost all conversion in metric are base 10, so something like 1kg/km is 1000g/1000m is 1 gram per meter. But in imperial 1 pound/mile is 16 ounces / 5280 feet is who the fuck knows how many ounces per feet.

[–] proctonaut@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a trick question. How many pound-feet of torque did you apply to the carpet?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

1.15 pallets of spent 12-gauge casings over over the course of 2.3 standard breakfasts.

[–] proctonaut@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget to round to the nearest liquor store!

[–] proctonaut@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Yea I need a drink

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You'll never see dosage questions like that on the NCLEX. If you do it'll be like one. I breezed through it when I took it, but basic knowledge questions are minimal (as long as you don't get them wrong).

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I love how much nursing advice I'm getting in a thread about melting Russian invaders. ^_^

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

Metric is excellent until it gets into data units. There shouldn't be a difference between 4T and 4TB, but it's actually a (1024^4^-1000^4^) ≈ 92.6G (99.5GB) difference because of the fuckers who decided to make data units metric and rename the base-2 data units to "kibibyte"/"mibi*"/"gibi*" (KiB/MiB/GiB)

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I assume they call them freedom units because England freed so many nations. Otherwise... Not sure to be honest.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Thank you for posting it in normal.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Freedom as in "the freedom to drink your own gasolin in your home".

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Suicide is illegal in most states.

[–] intrapt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its a bit hard to get a conviction though

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's one of the few crimes where you can only be arrested if you fail to actually commit the crime.

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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Freedom to merc your classmates at school

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Hell yeah 😎 🇺🇸

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ukrainian drones now spray 2,500° C thermite streams

Looks like they turned up the heat.

Back to freedom units: 4532F.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 2 months ago

Significant digits of accuracy befuddles everyone.

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