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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by naasking on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:21AM (#34436983)
> You assert it will be incrementally better without offsetting for the externalities of the switch, which would take decades

The use of SI units is likely measured in centuries. You'll be fine, and you might save a few rockets, rollercoasters and planes here and there:

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/6Page53.pdf

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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by garbagecoder on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:51PM (#34443995)
That one incident is because they didn't use metric in a domain where it would benefit from it. You won't save that rocket by changing how my clothes are labelled.
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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by naasking on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:55PM (#34445478)
Consistency across all domains is a benefit in itself.
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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by garbagecoder on Thursday January 19, 2023 @06:22PM (#34447062)
Yes, but as with everyone else, you are not factoring in the empirical value of the costs and just asserting it would be better.
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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by naasking on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:05AM (#34452585)
And as already noted, since the switch can happen over 1-2 decades but the permanence of units is measured, the benefits of clarity and consistency necessarily outweigh the downsides.
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