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minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·28 days agoIt means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·28 days agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agohttps://lemmy.world/post/14969269
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
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It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
Because, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
https://lemmy.world/post/14969269