They were all done by scientists or engineers.
The meter was defined based on what they calculated as 1 millionth of the length of Paris’ meridian.
The second was 1/86400 of a day, which makes sense with the angle/circle nomenclature on the clock.
The gram was initially set to be the mass of 1cm³ of water at 4°C - which is why 1l of water ≈ 1kg.
There’s nothing in the SI system that says ratios have to be between base units. Units that involve mass are defined against the kilogram not the gram.
Is it so surprising that the mindset that makes people unable to face changes in one area of their lives also makes them unable to face changes in other areas?
x11 doesn’t support HDR at all, so even with HDR support still not being fully mature in KDE and GNOME that’s a argument for wayland.
If you want to know more about how unhinged the dude is, I recommend reading this email thread in the DNG mailing list.
Of the SI system. The metric system started with cgs (centimeter, gram, second) and evolved from there.