1 horsepower is supposed to be the rate a shitty old timey horse can work over the course of a whole day. Also it was created as a way to market steam engines to replace horses as a source of mechanical power so there was an incentive to lowball the horse.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You take that old timey horse's name out of your goddamn mouth

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

literally everything was shittier in olden times

[–] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Including the road thanks to the horses.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

What a nuanced take

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as opposed to those new fangled fancy future horses.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

The iHorse.