Comment on Everyday, as an American

• Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fine except for the Mars Climate Orbiter.

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• pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The previous systems also worked fine in other parts of the world, but pretty much every country came to the conclusion that it’s simply smart to switch to the metric system, giving up their own with seemingly random conversions.

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And those that didn’t don’t seem to be suffering any ill effects as a result.

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