no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
.308
Oh wait…
pls explain 🙂
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.