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		Willish42 on July 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Run CUDA, unmodified, on AMD GPUs Thanks, I'm a bit new to this entire concept. Do troy lbs also exist, or is that just a term when measuring ounces?

someguydave on July 17, 2024 [–]

yes, there are troy pounds, they are 12 troy ounces (not 16 ounces, like normal (avoirdupois) pounds)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight

180 avoirdupois pounds is 2,625 ounces troy. The gold price is around $2470/ounce troy today, so $2470*2625 ~= $6.483 million

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