News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on International System of Units overhauled in historic vote. Parent comment

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by Iv on Sunday November 18, 2018 @12:01AM (#18478946)
The strength of the metric system shows when you need several different scales. nano- micro- milli- kilo- mega- giga-

The number of inches in a mile is harder to get than the number of millimeters in a kilometer or grams in a ton.

[ Parent | on HN ]

There are no comments on this comment yet.