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minus-squarebufalo1973linkfedilink1•1 month ago2" / 3 = 0.666666666 Show me that point in you tape measure 😜 And both cases can be fixed by just skewing a little the tape (19 mm -> 21 mm and 2" -> 2.1". Close to 20°)
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkEnglish1•1 month ago2 inches isn’t a common size for stock. 1.5 inches is though. And you want to come show me 2.1" on my standard tape measure?
minus-squarebufalo1973linkfedilink1•29 days agoTIL that is better having 2.0625" and 2.125" than having 2.1" 😜
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkEnglish1•29 days agoThose numbers are inconvenient only if you insist on working in base 10.
2" / 3 = 0.666666666 Show me that point in you tape measure 😜
And both cases can be fixed by just skewing a little the tape (19 mm -> 21 mm and 2" -> 2.1". Close to 20°)
2 inches isn’t a common size for stock. 1.5 inches is though.
And you want to come show me 2.1" on my standard tape measure?
Oh, right, inches are not divided by a sane number😉
TIL 2 isn’t a sane number.
TIL that is better having 2.0625" and 2.125" than having 2.1" 😜
Those numbers are inconvenient only if you insist on working in base 10.