Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agoHot take: Meters are just as arbitrary as feet and yards.message-squaremessage-square118 fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128message-squareHot take: Meters are just as arbitrary as feet and yards.Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agomessage-square118 Commentsfedilink
minus-square420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]hexbear1·edit-23 years agoExcept I have several tape measures with 64ths, they aren't exactly uncommon and you can do 48ths with 64ths link
minus-squareSegorinder [any]hexbear1·edit-23 years agoThe argument was that imperial was better because you could do an exact division and get 6 and 25/48". 25 48ths is 33.333 repeating 64ths. You still have to eyeball a third of a division, the same way you would have had to eyeball half a millimeter. link
minus-square420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]hexbear1·3 years agoyou don't have to eyeball it as much though link
Except I have several tape measures with 64ths, they aren't exactly uncommon and you can do 48ths with 64ths
The argument was that imperial was better because you could do an exact division and get 6 and 25/48".
25 48ths is 33.333 repeating 64ths. You still have to eyeball a third of a division, the same way you would have had to eyeball half a millimeter.
you don't have to eyeball it as much though