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minus-squaremst@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 months agoRemembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.
minus-square𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoI know right? it’s such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.
minus-squareEldenLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoI genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.
minus-square𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoyeah, it sucks. There’s no actual case for imperial over metric. it’s just what I’ve spent years getting used to and I’m not changing now.
minus-squareEldenLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoThe imperial units were created for practical every-day measuring, so if you know how to apply them, they still hold up to the task. Just more difficult to use for large data sets like architectural models etc.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoMetric? True it’s nice to have the scales evenly spread
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoThan remembering 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10; because metric has more measurements most people don’t use as well! 10 millimetres to a centimetre 10 centimetres to a decimetre 10 decimetres to a metre 10 metres to a decametre 10 decametres to a hectometre 10 hectometres to a kilometre
Remembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.
I know right? it’s such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.
I genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.
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yeah, it sucks. There’s no actual case for imperial over metric. it’s just what I’ve spent years getting used to and I’m not changing now.
The imperial units were created for practical every-day measuring, so if you know how to apply them, they still hold up to the task. Just more difficult to use for large data sets like architectural models etc.
Metric? True it’s nice to have the scales evenly spread
Than remembering 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10; because metric has more measurements most people don’t use as well!