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minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year 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-up12·edit-21 year 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
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
Base-60 ftw.