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Re:Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive? by KerrickStaley on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:17PM (#15544395)
Most people outside the states and Great Britain use metric for everything.
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Re:Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive? by mbrameld on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:27PM (#15544480)
But do you happen to know the answer to the question you were replying to? The one you answered wasn't the one that was asked.
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Re:Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive? by KerrickStaley on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:12PM (#15545295)
Right, my bad.
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Re:Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive? by Viker on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @04:10PM (#15544839)
Although when building and working with practical sizes feet and inches are more natural
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Re:Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive? by majewsky on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:22PM (#15545355)
Only when you're familiar with it. If someone says "150 cm" I know exactly and immediately how much that is. If someone says "5 feet" (which is equivalent) I have to convert it to metric manually.
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