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henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I assume they’re asking what length of blade guard to use, as those do come in MM measurements.

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  • datelmd5sum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    sometimes

    always IME. What else could it be?

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    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just got a haircut, here in the US they commonly use some unclear numbering system. They said to me “Do you like it at a 4? We could start there and go to a 3”

      I looked it up and apparently they’re 1/8ths of an inch so there’s at least some sense to it.

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    • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could be fractional inches, but I’ve never seen it; arbitrary numbering is pretty common on cheap razors though

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  • cheddar@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can confirm that’s the case where I live.

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• MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m in Canada and the barber always asks in inches.

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  • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Canada all over the place when it comes to units of measure.

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    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True as hell.

      Small distances? Inches and feet.

      Large distances? Kilometers.

      Outdoor temperature? Celsius.

      Oven temperature? Fahrenheit

      I feel like liquid volume is the only one we’ve truly went all in in metric (oz and gallon aren’t really used day to day)

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Still can’t be sure when buying set ofnmesaurijf spoons though. Is it a metric cup?

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• smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In NZ, they asked what number, and it’s a single digit number number 3 or number 5. 3 is cut shorter than 5, but I don’t know what the unit of measurement is

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