no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square196fedilink
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-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
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, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
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Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.