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klanklast Wednesday at 7:54 PM0 repliesview on HN

This exchange made me think about how I've always been a fan of using the "natural" units of a system when reporting metrics.

I do this because it helps those unfamiliar with the system more intuitively understand relative sizes, those unfamiliar with converting between units in their head to understand numbers, and even for those familiar, it can avoid confusion or misattributed units.