Listen, the metric system is great and all, but the meter is no less arbitrary and bullshit than any unit in the imperial system.
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main benefits of metric are powers of 10 and interrelated. Inches are my goto example of non 2 (bin), 10 (dec) or 16 (hex) bases
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in that we agree. The meter is based on an old French stick and then retconned to make it interrelated with kg
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1 m^3 of water is = 1,000 liters = 1,000 kg = 1,000 kcal to raise 1 celcius
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But what exactly? The magnitude of it? The beauty is in the metric system usage of ^10
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