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ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

you don’t get it.

your tools and materials will come in metric when everything is metric.

doing things on 1/10 of an inch or 1/10 of a cm is the same as 0.1 inches or 0.1 cm.

1/16 = 0.0625

3/16 of an inch = 0.1875 inches

as in “1/16th” literally means “one divided by sixteen, so do extra math instead of just giving you the real number”

decimal doesn’t mean, nor have anything to do with metric.

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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So I have to throw out all my stuff and spend $1000s on new tools?

You don’t work in 1/10ths of an inch. It’s 1/16ths and that that’s where the math ends. You don’t need to convert it to decimal. Unless you’re doing machining which you do work in .0001ths due to the tighter tolerances and I’ve already agreed you might as well use metric for that.

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- ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  you’re talking about two or three different, unrelated things.
  
  decimals vs fractions - you’re whining that 1/16 gives you more leeway, but too stupid to realise that 1/10 is less precise and is the same as 0.1
  
  So either you’re happy with less precision - and decimals are good, or you want more precision - and decimals are still good.
  
  Again - absolutely nothing to do with metric. You can convert 3 3/4 inches to 3.75 inches, 3 12/16ths or 3 7.5/10ths of an inch. They’re all the same thing and all imperial.
  
  Tools. The topic is “using metric”. Once you have all metric tools, then it doesn’t matter. You’re trying to change the topic to buying new tools. Unrelated. Using a tool vs shopping like a princess for new toys. We’re talking about using tools.
  
  but hey, while we’re on the topic of how dumb you are, let’s keep using what you say against you. You keep saying “it doesn’t have to be that accurate” well, okay then. then get a sharpie, write the approximate metric conversion on the side and get on with your life. A 5 minute job for someone who I presume can write numbers and count to ten?
  
  I knew there were more. What you don’t get, what you keep missing, is that 1/16 is smaller than 1/10. that means your bitching about “tighter tolerances” applies more to dicking about with 1/16ths instead of 1/10s (which again, is decimals, nothing to do with metric)
  
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  - lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If you can’t have a civil conversation without insults I’m not going to bother with you anymore. We’re talking about units of measurement, there’s no reason to be an asshole. Go fuck yourself.
    
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    ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    yes, we are talking about units of measurement, which is why you talking about fractions is irrelevant. Thank you for agreeing with me.
    
    jeezus chris on a cracker you’re a slow one.
    
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