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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by runarberg on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:53AM (#20661127)
I've heard that and I don't disagree with it. But things fail really badly. E.g. 2 inches and 5 sixteenth
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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by martin_a on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:02PM (#20670480)
I find this hilarious when watching DIY videos on YouTube.

All the makers are talking about "5/16 of an inch" and I'm trying to convert this to a metric value and it doesn't make any sense at all, because "complex" fractions like this are not used in every day life.

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