686

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

44 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It was actually pretty great when I worked for a company making things here in england:
"That needs to move 50cm" meant it had to move exactly 500mm
"That needs to move a foot" meant just kick it over about a foot

It was just an unspoken thing that metric meant precise and imperial was just caveman measuring

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

For some reason I too, subconsciously comprehend it that way.
Never worked in Civil or Mech

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024

686 points (98.2% liked)

Memes

50921 readers

1053 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]