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[–] combo@mastodon.ml 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

@Zerush Too much hassle to change to metric

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[–] stillwater@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

There are (huge) costs to retooling production to move from imperial to metric. Even if a company wanted to make that move they'd have to transition in phases and will likely end up with additional equipment to maintain. There's also significant training for workers (who will likely commit errors in the beginning) which will impact production. And what happens to the old equipment? I'd guess a significant portion of that would end up getting scrapped and landfilled.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

My country~~men~~folk are fools.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps I'm biased, but sometimes it's easier to work in fractions. Also, setting room temp is objectively better in F. I can tell the difference between 74 and 75. That said, I'm also a scientist so I'm permitted these opinions.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

No, you are not permitted these decisions because you are something.

Its still bias

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