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I wonder why people keep ignoring standards and use feets, pounds etc even on quite international resources. I understand it is convenient on local market to bu
by mapcars 6y ago
I wonder why people keep ignoring standards and use feets, pounds etc even on quite international resources. I understand it is convenient on local market to buy some food, but in this kind of scientific articles makes no sense to me.
- ubermonkey 6y agoLOL. It's an American publication, writing for an overwhelmingly American audience, so...
- munificent 6y ago> even on quite international resources. By that, are you referring to National Geographic? :)
- wenc 6y agoI think you have a point. SI units should be at least in parentheses. Most science textbooks in the U.S. use SI units (as well as imperial).
- samatman 6y agoIt doesn't ignore standards. The imperial system of measurement is quite as exact as SI. It's... wacky, I'll grant you. But it is in fact a standard, promulgated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.