How is “accurate” an argument?? You can use any unit with any amount of decimal places. The argument is that it’s regular. You learn the prefixes once and apply them to length, volume, weight, …
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Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoIt’s funny how the biggest argument for metric is that it’s so accurate but in real life use it degrades to “close enough”. My main problem with metric is that I can’t get my pencil that sharp.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The biggest argument for metric is that it’s consistent. It takes 1 calories to heat 1k of water by 1 degree. State something similar in imperial units.
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
1 BTU heats 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How many BTUs are there in a big mac?
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No acknowledgement at all that I literally just answered your question?
guy@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You mean 1 gram of water
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I do. Wrong letter.
deltapi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And isn’t 1kg of water 1L? And 1L is 1000 cubic cm? So a 10x10x10 cube?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
100 degrees out is 100% hot. 0 degrees F is 0% hot
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Most standard measuring tapes have 1/16th of an inch as the smallest fraction on the tape. 1mm is 1/64th. Which is one is “close enough”? Lol
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Way off! There are 25.4 millimeters per inch, not 64, and most measuring tapes have 1/32" markings.
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Haven’t had my coffee, you’re right it’s closer to 1/32.
Most measuring tapes in US don’t go smaller than a 1/16th though.
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 week ago
Okay, but I don’t use a measurement system for close enough, I use a measurement system when I want to be precice.
kamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s accurate when you need it to be and gets out of the way when you don’t. And if you do need the accuracy, you have a unit that doesn’t need fractions.