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-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
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