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xhkkffbfyesterday at 4:13 PM1 replyview on HN

I understand the appeal of using the same combinations everywhere, but I thought the great thing about the metric system was that it was easy to convert. So 8000 m/s is 8 km/s.


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drillsteps5yesterday at 4:26 PM

The problem is with the "hours" part. Which, not accidentally, is not even part of the SI.

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