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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by happymellon on Saturday November 17, 2018 @03:22AM (#18474595)
Hate to break it to you, but international companies do ignore it unless they need to print something out for an American to read.
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by hrasyid on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:31PM (#18489918)
Yes, but I suspect they bother to print anything at all is because the US is a big market. Unfortunately, this helps perpetuate those legacy units.
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