• bluewing@lemm.ee
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      2 hours ago

      The French tried to impose “metric” time way back in the day. Even they learned that was a bad idea and quietly dropped it. The solar system seems to prefer it’s base12 time.

      I think it maybe helped give rise the the saying: “The French follow no one. And no one follows the French.”

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        3 hours ago

        It’s also about the speed of light in millifortnights (2.9e8), within a 4% error margin.