Re:Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes
by mikecoles on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:56PM
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Perfectly convenient.
The standard system excels when doing actual work. If you have a rod with 1" diameter and you need to take it down to 13/16", you can use a lathe to make 3/32" cut. Or if you need to divide up 13/16 into 4 parts, for example, 13/64.
The metric system's strength is teaching in elementary schools where skills with fractions are not as strong.
The standard system excels when doing actual work. If you have a rod with 1" diameter and you need to take it down to 13/16", you can use a lathe to make 3/32" cut. Or if you need to divide up 13/16 into 4 parts, for example, 13/64.
The metric system's strength is teaching in elementary schools where skills with fractions are not as strong.