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It's time to mentally prepare yourselves for this (lemmy.world)
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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

until they lose a multi billion dollar mission because of conversion errors

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty much a requirement now to use the metric system for everything.

[–] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Imagine if Americans use a different unit system for time 😱

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Unix is for commies. We'll run our clocks the way Britain ran its coinage! 32 shillings to the third hour, four hours in a pound, 4.3 in a guinea. And of course 10 shekels in a pound, 7 to the guinea. To account for relativity of course.

Show me one flaw. Freedom time bitches!

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Ok so now they must split it all into 10 timezones? 😂