▲ 322 ▼ 70=sixty-ten / 80=four-twenties / 90= four-twenty-ten (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yeah, thats why metric is better. Sigfigs are better than fractions and weird conversions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social -4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) Ah yes, measuring out anything into thirds is awesome with metric. Nothing ever needs to be split into thirds. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago What happens in American customary units if you need to split it into 7ths? permalink fedilink source parent [–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 point 3 weeks ago Significant Figures. Things are rarely one third down past 3-4 sigfigs. Maybe 6+ if you're being really precise or EDMing a part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fawkes@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Good point. Splitting things in to 3rds is the most common function of everything. Why, just the other day I was building a box. I started by measuring the largest face of the backplate and subtracting the thickness of the side plates so I could figure out the internal volume. Most people would have done a simple equation like x-y but I prefer to do 3((x/3) - (y/3)). It's a much cleaner method. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social -4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) Ah yes, measuring out anything into thirds is awesome with metric. Nothing ever needs to be split into thirds. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nightlily@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago What happens in American customary units if you need to split it into 7ths? permalink fedilink source parent [–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 point 3 weeks ago Significant Figures. Things are rarely one third down past 3-4 sigfigs. Maybe 6+ if you're being really precise or EDMing a part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fawkes@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Good point. Splitting things in to 3rds is the most common function of everything. Why, just the other day I was building a box. I started by measuring the largest face of the backplate and subtracting the thickness of the side plates so I could figure out the internal volume. Most people would have done a simple equation like x-y but I prefer to do 3((x/3) - (y/3)). It's a much cleaner method. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nightlily@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago What happens in American customary units if you need to split it into 7ths? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 point 3 weeks ago Significant Figures. Things are rarely one third down past 3-4 sigfigs. Maybe 6+ if you're being really precise or EDMing a part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fawkes@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Good point. Splitting things in to 3rds is the most common function of everything. Why, just the other day I was building a box. I started by measuring the largest face of the backplate and subtracting the thickness of the side plates so I could figure out the internal volume. Most people would have done a simple equation like x-y but I prefer to do 3((x/3) - (y/3)). It's a much cleaner method. permalink fedilink source parent
