[xkcd] Highway Signs

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Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

🔗 xkcd.com/3289 · #3289

Why it resonates: The joke hits close to home for anyone who's ever chosen a "natural" base unit for their system only to discover it makes every other measurement completely inscrutable.

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