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minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·2 years agoAs a European who grew up using only metric I like inches for crafting. It’s a good scale for the things I craft and I prefer fractions over decimals when doing quick math or measurements. But that doesn’t mean metric shouldn’t be the standard.
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-22 years agoI think we should all switch to base twelve and then measure everything in dozenal metric. All problems solved. Edit: TGM by the Dozenal Society of Great Britain
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoAbove link stopped working for me so here’s another: http://www.dozenalsociety.org.uk/apps/tgm.htm
As a European who grew up using only metric I like inches for crafting. It’s a good scale for the things I craft and I prefer fractions over decimals when doing quick math or measurements.
But that doesn’t mean metric shouldn’t be the standard.
I think we should all switch to base twelve and then measure everything in dozenal metric. All problems solved.
Edit: TGM by the Dozenal Society of Great Britain
Above link stopped working for me so here’s another: http://www.dozenalsociety.org.uk/apps/tgm.htm