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		myst on March 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Resources about programming practices for writing ... Don't use non SI units.

speleo_engr on March 7, 2017 | [–]

That doesn't solve everything. There are still textbooks published that use CGS instead of MKS units. Both of those are metric. Non-SI units are widely used in space (e.g., arcseconds).

Mikhail_Edoshin on March 7, 2017 | [–]

People use non-SI units.

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