Comment on everything actually important is already metric

• skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mechanics work in metric mostly. You still come across some imperial sizes occasionally. Though recently that’s been getting standardized a lot better.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Recently?

    Metric has been standard in cars for decades…

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    • Kanda@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then there’s planes, and trains and also ships. Ships can have parts and systems from god knows when

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    • skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, that might be true, but I work on a lot of shit that’s right around 20 years old. It’s mostly metric. But I keep a set of standard sockets around that I’ve had to pull out once or twice. Sometimes it’s been because of swollen bolts but sometimes I’m pretty damn sure that’s a 5/16.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can guarantee it’s either someone that put the wrong bolt there or it’s due to rust.

        All American cars have been fully metric since the 90s (with a push during the Carter years as well), Japanese cars since the 60s…

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