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Re:Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system by europeanguy on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @07:27PM (#34421586)
> Seconds are close to heartbeats which has some psychological nicities

Ah yes, reminds me of the argument feet are better because it's a more human measure than meters (cf surely you're joking Mr Feynman)

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Re:Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system by hyperman1 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:35AM (#34502335)
Very true, of course. People used feet and heartbeats because that was the only thing available. Even so, we need something in that timescale, and millidays are way too fast for a human to count. Feel free to suggest something better, as I have no idea.
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