Comment on Everyday, as an American
Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m a scientist. I’ve used the metric system since grade school. In fact, I convert Imperial measurements to metric to do estimates.
Comment on Everyday, as an American
Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m a scientist. I’ve used the metric system since grade school. In fact, I convert Imperial measurements to metric to do estimates.
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Engineer here, I just use whatever’s convenient. It’s handy to know both.
That said, I did confuse a poor coworker of mine this week when I was using bar for tank pressure and psi for the safety reliefs. That’s totally on me though.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
and that’s why challenger blew up. or was that the hubble screw up?
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
It was a Mars lander.
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be clear this was a conversation over the phone, not a tech review or something. And I was explicitly naming the units, it was just jumping all around that had him confused.
Official documentation and programs should always be explicitly clear on what units are being used, especially pressure.