• isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de
    113·
    1 year ago

    ? i don’t know about you, but multiplying 19" times 25.4 isnt something easy at all to do quickly in your head. Also, not to mention the best example: when i have to convert cm to m I move the comma

    when I have to convert from cm to freedom units: -Divide the height in centimeters by 30.48 and write down the whole number as feet

    -Multiply the decimal part of the above division by 12

    -Round the result of the multiplication to the nearest whole number and write it down as inches

    like, really? you have to use two different units added together for one thing? How is that easy?

    • sfgifz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      41·
      1 year ago

      when i have to convert cm to m I move the comma

      I feel the real war we need to fight over is whether the decimal point or the decimal comma is the one true decimal separator.

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
      65·
      1 year ago

      How is it hard? Aren’t people in the rest of the world much better educated than people in the US?

    • bastion@feddit.nl
      1·
      1 year ago

      Freedom units… Oh, you mean imperial? As in, Britain? Yeah, we’re just using their old system and haven’t bothered to change unless there’s a practical necessity.

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 year ago

        The British still gladly mix both systems inconsistently. They measure themselves in stones & buy cars based on liter per mile fuel efficiency.

        • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
          3·
          1 year ago

          Which is exactly why we had to kick them out of the EU. This is obviously a joke. They went because their politicians are incompetent liars.