• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Don’t they have conversation lookup tables for stuff like that? Been years since I was in school so maybe those aren’t really used anymore? At least to convert the numerator to different units.

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      They do, his take is nonsense and sounds like RP, don’t take it too seriously. Any trained engineer can tell you the historical reasons why we use base 60 for circles. This is actually a well known computer science issue, but not an engineering or math one.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      Pump manufacturers are like: “We’re selling this professional grade stuff to people who know what they’re doing. They know how to math their way through this mess.”