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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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