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REVOLUTIONARY FERVOR CHECK, sans-culotte! For your sake, it should be FRACTIONAL (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Metric doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the base. Imperial units are mostly base 10 as well. It's about having a consistent scale. You can do base 60 metric if you want to, but there's not really a good reason for it when everyone's already on base 10.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So does Fahrenheit have an inconsistent scale?

[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

No, F is just badly designed with no sensible reference points that tie into the greater system... It's like having 10k seconds in a minute, the day starts at 2:31, noon is at 8:29, and midnight at 18:52.