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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by cm2187 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:59AM (#20162908)
I am not so sure of that. People are pretty comfortable using decimals for distances in the metric system. And you can always switch to the unit below.

[edit] In fact the reason we don't use decimals for time is probably precisely because it is not using a metric system. What does 1.3h means? 1h and 18 minutes or 1h and 30 minutes?

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Re:Decimal Time: How the French Made a 10-Hour Day (2013) by granshaw on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:41AM (#20163549)
That’s the same problem inches and feet suffer from now and it’s horrible
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