Meter is defined as the distance travelled by light in vaccum in 1/299792458th of a second. Then kilogram is defined with a kibble balance. The problem with standaed objects is that it is not fundamental. If the standard decays, the measurements all turn wrong. It is important to associate theese to fundamental constants, which does not change and can be independently measured.
even if "6 feet" is easier to remember than "about 1.8 meters"
Would use 180 cm which is not as hard to remember, with more precision. Also why 6 feet specifically? 160cm becomes 5 and a quarter feet which is pretty messed. My argument here is bad because we are comparing magnitudes of units, which is useful in different scenarios. But i see no problem that is not fixed by dividing or multiplying the current one by powers of ten and calling it centi, kilo, mega, micro, etc.
Not just the scientific computing, but imperial system is harder to learn because there is no specific fashion in the units. How much inch is a foot and how much foot is a yard(?). Actually i don't know thoose they change between 6 and 12 and maybe more different numbers. The thing you are talking about is water's volume, which can make water's density a standard and measure densities of other fluids relative to water. But the conversion factor of 10 is the most advantageous thing which is also simple.
The solver assuming any unit is hilarious. Units must be always specified. You can't take a measurement in terms of some units and then not say the units. There is no point of using exact same units(without scaling) just to be consistent. You are supposed to use different units for different scales.
And that sick fuck insists on 3 space indents in all code
That's why I preffer tabs ;) You can have whatever number of space you want without annoying others. It will be consistent for different setups
Edit: Bunch of typos I wrote while I'm half awake
I have dy. How does that compare to snsv?