I was always under the impression that 1 gram was based on one cubic centimeter of water, which, in turn, also measures 1 mililiter of volume? I didn't think the measure of a kilogram was based on an artifact. Is one…
See also, Der Spiegel article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6271222
Some English translations from the original German: New documents prove to SPIEGEL information: Even the United Nations headquarters in New York was tapped by the U.S. NSA, although an agreement prohibiting just that.…
He was probably trying to comment over here, on this other article, about Microsoft's Stack Ranking program: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6266863
I was always under the impression that 1 gram was based on one cubic centimeter of water, which, in turn, also measures 1 mililiter of volume? I didn't think the measure of a kilogram was based on an artifact. Is one…
See also, Der Spiegel article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6271222
Some English translations from the original German: New documents prove to SPIEGEL information: Even the United Nations headquarters in New York was tapped by the U.S. NSA, although an agreement prohibiting just that.…
He was probably trying to comment over here, on this other article, about Microsoft's Stack Ranking program: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6266863