Re:Ask HN: Why it is hard for US to move to metric system?
by qcic on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:26PM
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How is measuring something in 3 1/16" better than 8mm? Conversely, how is that not worse?
You can measure from 1nm to 1Em using a simple decimal scale, while with imperial you have to handle conversion from twip to inches to foot to yard to mile to league, all using different scales.
You can measure from 1nm to 1Em using a simple decimal scale, while with imperial you have to handle conversion from twip to inches to foot to yard to mile to league, all using different scales.