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In an age where everyone carries a computer in their pocket, the metric system's only advantage (that it makes converting units easier) is irrelevant.

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Conversions being easier is nice, but the main advantage of the metric system is that it is a set of properly standardised units that the rest of the world uses...

Having a computer in your pocket is never going to change that.

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