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They forgot about Rankine (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Joule is the best unit you can literally apply it to everything because it's essentially a raw unit of energy.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Joules is unfortunately a vector because it's over a distance in a direction. Temperature is a scalar. Sometimes scalars are better than vectors.

Edit:Ok for those who don't actually understand joules in its units J=KG•M^2/s^2 or N•D, it's force which is a vector over a distance, this requires a magnitude and direction. This is because force is a vector and Joules is using force. All of you are starting to be confidently incorrect... Joules is a vector you can search it up.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Joules is unfortunately a vector because it's over a distance in a direction.

What? Joule is an energy unit and energy is a scalar quantity and not a vector. There is no "energy direction" and no "distance".

Edit: even your edit doesn't make sense. Provide a source that says that energy or joule is somehow a vector.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you set one of the axis to 1 than it's effectively a scalar that's why I love it so much.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Please, someone fix the meme. Joule x a vector (represented by angles measured in radians).