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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by AngryData on Friday November 16, 2018 @09:55PM (#18473649)
Fractional units are extremely useful in construction and machining. Now you could use fractions with meters, but nobody does, and im not sure why other than 10 is a shitty starting point for fractions and you end up with crazy fucked denominators.
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by atoav on Saturday November 17, 2018 @03:43AM (#18474639)
The typical woodworker knows by hard all “crazy fucked” denominators like 333.333 mm for a third, 200 mm for a fifth etc.

The idea that not having straight fractional values somehow makes it harder is just plainly false. When you tell anybody to cut a third of a meter they will just happily cut 333.33 mm down to their usual tolerance

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