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minus-squareBuffaloaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 years agoI was a welder for years and I have to disagree. Using millimeters is way easier than inches, mostly because decimals are faster and easier to use than fractions. And it’s not that hard to divide 10 by 2, 3, or 4.
minus-squareCapraObscura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoAnd the division isn’t even meaningful when you can just literally divide the division by another 10 and get 100 divisions instead of 10.
I was a welder for years and I have to disagree. Using millimeters is way easier than inches, mostly because decimals are faster and easier to use than fractions. And it’s not that hard to divide 10 by 2, 3, or 4.
And the division isn’t even meaningful when you can just literally divide the division by another 10 and get 100 divisions instead of 10.