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Why still using the imperial system? (abananaforscale.com)
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[–] Shareni@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait for an American to tell you how it's easier to use fractions with imperial. I've legit seen them say shit like 3/8 of an inch is easier to think about than 9.5mm.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Above having to add 3/8, 5/16 and 2/3 inch ¬¬

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago

2/3 is not a valid fraction of inches.

Valid denominators are 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32. Technically, 64, 128, and 256 are also acceptable, but they are never actually used. For precision greater than 1/32nd, we switch to thousandths, or tenths of thousandths.

3/8 + 5/16 is 11/16ths.