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		infra178 on Aug 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system... 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.

stephen_g on Aug 10, 2014 [–]

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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