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minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-up4·1 year agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
🫡🇺🇲
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