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Is America Actually Metric?

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Cited on HN 5 times, 2017–2022, never outright recommended score 0
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HN commenters link it to show that the US is effectively metric because its customary units are defined from SI.

Veritasium explains that the US signed the Metre Convention in 1875 and that all US customary units are officially defined in terms of metric standards. It also touches on the standard kilogram.

“Here's a colorful video” (HN, 2022)

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@chiph Jul 2017 Cites it
on HN thread Before 1948, LA's Power Grid Ran at 50hz
The US is one of the original signers of the Metric Treaty, so technically we are metric. And it turns out that our common units are defined in terms of the metric system. [this video]
Shows US common units are defined in terms of metric
@PointyFluff Nov 2022 Cites it
on HN thread NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the moon, flying 81 miles above the surface
We use metric in the "American Space Program". I cannot think of an engineering or scientific endeavor in the US that DOESN'T use the metric system. The US is officially, metric; ansi converts back for the uneducated. Here's a colorful video: [this video] Here's boring government text: [link]
Colorful explanation that the US is officially metric

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