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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by sojournerc on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:31PM (#26189763)
There's something just right about 1/16th of an inch. About the same as a millimeter, and easy to do math with... it is weird though 1/8th, centimeter is hard to conceive, for me anyway.

When more precision is needed, so easy to go to the 32nd

Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by ascorbic on Friday February 19, 2021 @01:00AM (#26190225)
All you're saying is that inches are what you're used to. Being in the UK I am familiar with both inches and mm, and mm are far easier to work with than 16ths of an inch.