no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down12
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?