• yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ll tell you something I do as a woodworker a lot that metric isn’t great for: divide by powers of two, three or four.

    You do understand you can divide a meter by 2, 3, 4, etc., right?

    What’s a third of 20mm? Can you come point to 6.6666mm on my metric tape measure here?

    Can you point to the 2/3“ mark on your imperial tape measure? Oh right, you can’t, because it’s not a magical device with infinite mathematical precision, and your 2/3“ is just 1.69 cm in reality.

    Don’t pretend base ten doesn’t do stupid things too.

    You do understand you’re still calculating with base ten in imperial, right?

    Good fucking grief, did you go to a clown school?