Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote
by atoav on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:08AM
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I don't get that one. It might be just that you are used to it.
A meter is a slightly longish step.
A decimeter is the width of a hand.
A centimeter is the width of a pinky finger.
A milimeter is twice the thickness of your fingernail.
It is actually no less or more intuitive than the imperial system (except when it comes to calculations, unit conversion and interfacing with other SI units like Volts, Joules, Watts etc.) I feel very comfortable working with digits like 12.5 or 33.33. I think a lot of the imperial-versus-metric-debate boils down to the question how big your love for fractions is and how things are measured around you. If everything is built with 2 by 4 wood, then a metric system is inconvinient. If your hardware store sells 4x8cm wood, then going to inches would be inconvinient.
A meter is a slightly longish step.
A decimeter is the width of a hand.
A centimeter is the width of a pinky finger.
A milimeter is twice the thickness of your fingernail.
It is actually no less or more intuitive than the imperial system (except when it comes to calculations, unit conversion and interfacing with other SI units like Volts, Joules, Watts etc.) I feel very comfortable working with digits like 12.5 or 33.33. I think a lot of the imperial-versus-metric-debate boils down to the question how big your love for fractions is and how things are measured around you. If everything is built with 2 by 4 wood, then a metric system is inconvinient. If your hardware store sells 4x8cm wood, then going to inches would be inconvinient.