no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 28 days agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down130
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minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·28 days agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up4·27 days agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·28 days 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-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agohttps://lemmy.world/post/14969269
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
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.
🫡🇺🇲
Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
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