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Metric drill bits are measured in mm and hardy anybody needs that much precision. I have a set of metric drill bits in 0.1mm increments and I might not ever need greater precision than that. Maybe in some lab environments they need greater precision but I imagine once you’re on that level it would be custom anyway.

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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
0.33333… is what happens when you try to divide 10 by 3. This is because 10 is such a broken number that 1/3rd (a pretty common fraction) becomes an infinitely repeating decimal. In base12, 1/3rd is 4. Metric is broken by design because it’s based on base10. Lets take the lessons learned from the metric system and invent something new, something better, something base12.

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- bufalo1973@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  And 12 doesn’t divide nicely by 5. So what?
  
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  - the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    How often in real life do you want a 5th of anything? Is it more often than a third or a quarter? I bet it’s not
    
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    bufalo1973@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Now look at your money and repeat that.
    
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- ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes, I learned about fractions and decimals in elementary school.
  
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  - the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Then why are you simping for base10 when you know enough math to understand that base12 is superior
    
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    ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Base 12 would be better in many cases but I just don’t see anybody switching anytime soon. We would pretty much have to start over.
    
    me in another comment
    
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- FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Not 0.4?!
  
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