Unit mistakes happen all the time, which is why you should be using your units library religiously and still being vigilant even then.
replyWorst case I've found was off by 15 orders of magnitude.
Degrees, very funny.
replyIt's not difficult to write regression tests that catch unit mistakes.
replyOne of the Mars landers famously failed due to unit conversion errors from metric to standard.
replyI didn't know the imperial system was named "standard". Funny, cause its everything but standard both internationally and its definitions (which are not standard as based on SI)
replyClaiming something isn't standard because it isn't based on SI is entirely circular in the case of weights and measures.
replyThat said I wish the US would bite the bullet and make the switch. Mandating dual labeling on everything would be a great start. Then in 20 years we could narrow it back down to one.
You just need to start teaching kids the metric system. Then when they'll grow up the switch will almost magically happen by itself.
replyI know you’re being snarky, but the US system is not “imperial” anyway. It’s properly “US Customary” but is often called “US Standard.”
replyWasn't it (also?) the Ariane V flight in 1996? Oh, NVM, that was an overflow error.
replyMultiple rockets exploded and space missions failed because of the imperial vs. metric BS, and those mistakes were made by people all with PhDs or equivalences. This is still pretty mild in comparison haha.
replyUnits and datetime will always be the bane of any professions ...