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It's time to mentally prepare yourselves for this (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Not true, space agencies will use it... once.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    until they lose a multi billion dollar mission because of conversion errors

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It's pretty much a requirement now to use the metric system for everything.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine if Americans use a different unit system for time 😱

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Unix is for commies. We'll run our clocks the way Britain ran its coinage! 32 shillings to the third hour, four hours in a pound, 4.3 in a guinea. And of course 10 shekels in a pound, 7 to the guinea. To account for relativity of course.

    Show me one flaw. Freedom time bitches!

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