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echo: fidonews
to: BJRN FELTEN
from: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
date: 2020-08-19 08:36:00
subject: The metric system

Hello Bj”rn,

On Wednesday August 19 2020 05:49, you wrote to Wayne Harris:

 BF>    Nowadays it's much more a matter of global communications in the
 BF> social community. Take for instance Youtube videos about cooking. When
 BF> the "recipe" calls for Fahrenheit, Cups, Pounds, Ounces and whatever,
 BF> it addresses less than 4% of the world -- and most of the up-loaders
 BF> aren't even aware of this? They think that they are using global
 BF> units?

Good point.

When I see a recipe using non-metric units, I just move on. I am of course
capable of doing the conversion, but it is just not worth the effort. Recipes
are not a scarce commodity, I can easely find one using metric units...


Cheers, Michiel

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