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A comment on Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in America.

Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by infra178 on Saturday August 09, 2014 @08:02PM (#8158378)
In an age where everyone carries a computer in their pocket, the metric system's only advantage (that it makes converting units easier) is irrelevant.
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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by stephen_g on Sunday August 10, 2014 @11:43AM (#8159972)
Conversions being easier is nice, but the main advantage of the metric system is that it is a set of properly standardised units that the rest of the world uses...

Having a computer in your pocket is never going to change that.

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