• EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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    4 hours ago

    Just try adding 1/3 and 5/8. In my field fractions like that are nowhere near precise enough anyways, so you’d need to work with thousands of inches, which just makes you wish there was a smaller unit like millimeters

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      3 hours ago

      Just try adding 1/3 and 5/8.

      Cherry-picking fractions with prime numbers. 👍 Obviously no harder than using a readily available calculator just like any engineer would with the metric system. That’s fine too. You’d end up with a decimal answer, so then the benefit is lost, just as with fractions of cm.

      In my field

      Yup, say no more. I’m not saying inches are universally better. Only in certain situations.

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        2 hours ago

        I don’t see how cherry picking is an issue when that issue literally can’t happen when you’re working with fractions, I also don’t think those sizes are particularly uncommon?