I've learned to use both C/F (although I admit I am more accustomed to F). More detailed arguments for F for weather here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

I've learned to use both C/F (although I admit I am more accustomed to F). More detailed arguments for F for weather here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28524505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28524505 Merits of Metric vs. Imperial generalized: - Metric: science-based, regular (powers of 10) - Imperial: human-scaled, divisible (many divisors, including 3) An inch is about the breadth of a human thumb, and a foot is 12 inches. (Also about the length of a human foot.) For example, a surfer says "if you measure wave height in metres or cm it is not as accurate compared to the human body (a 6ft wave is under 2 m and we would not call a wave 182.88 cm high)" edit: length -> breadth