There _are_ tangible benefits, but we're a bunch of whiny punks. "Oh dear god, we'll have to learn to left and right shift in base 10, won't somebody think of the children?"
I loathe having to change base every 5 seconds. Regardless, the "United States Customary Units" are defined in SI units anyway, why not skip the middle man?
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There _are_ tangible benefits, but we're a bunch of whiny punks. "Oh dear god, we'll have to learn to left and right shift in base 10, won't somebody think of the children?" I loathe having to change base every 5 seconds. Regardless, the "United States Customary Units" are defined in SI units anyway, why not skip the middle man?