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minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days ago Short distances should be meters, feet, inches, millimetres. American machinists go a different way altogether: thousandths of an inch. So no binary fractions, but still imperial-ish. :/ And milk is often actually in litres and half litres, we just assume it’s in pints. That one makes sense.
American machinists go a different way altogether: thousandths of an inch. So no binary fractions, but still imperial-ish. :/
That one makes sense.