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What I don't like about this is the redefinition of the second. The length of a second and its subdivisions is so fundamental to so much of everything in our so
by grishka 3y ago
What I don't like about this is the redefinition of the second. The length of a second and its subdivisions is so fundamental to so much of everything in our society. Other physical quantities like speed or frequency or power all depend on it. You would have to redefine everything. Kilometers per "metric hour", "metric hertz", "metric watts-hours", you get the idea.
> There is no AM or PM with metric time.
It isn't there in standard time either. It seems to be another uniquely American thing. The only time I'm exposed to AM/PM is when reading an analog clock. Or when talking to an American.
Heck, even in US, there's "military time" that is 24-hour.
- NeoTar 3y agoOne of my pet-peeves is when automated translation software translates between the 24h and AM/PM representations. "Das Konzert beginnt um 16:00" should not become "The concert starts at 4 PM"
- btbuildem 3y agoThat to me is the key point: measures of time are so intervowen with everything else, this would be an absolute nightmare to enact without seven years of fallout and random "bugs"
- grishka 3y agoEspecially when you call the new units the same names as the old ones!