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minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish8•11 months agoIt’s all metric behind the scenes. When you pump your gas it shows gallons, but it’s doing the math in litres. We turned our backs on the ⅓ lb burger, we’ve trained corporations to treat us like idiots.
minus-square@captainlezbianlink6•11 months agoYeah engineers use metric then we convert because you (general) don’t understand metric and don’t want to learn
minus-squareGlimpythegoblin linkfedilink5•11 months agoI’m an engineer but I work in imperial. Most machines run inches so I design in inches.
minus-square@captainlezbianlink1•11 months agoFair enough I actually use mixed because my maintenance department doesn’t like metric but we have foreign bosses and suppliers
minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish1•11 months agoA thousand grams to a pineapple, and 20 football pitches to a kilometre. Simples!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 months ago“There is a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest tourist”
It’s all metric behind the scenes. When you pump your gas it shows gallons, but it’s doing the math in litres. We turned our backs on the ⅓ lb burger, we’ve trained corporations to treat us like idiots.
Yeah engineers use metric then we convert because you (general) don’t understand metric and don’t want to learn
I’m an engineer but I work in imperial. Most machines run inches so I design in inches.
Fair enough I actually use mixed because my maintenance department doesn’t like metric but we have foreign bosses and suppliers
A thousand grams to a pineapple, and 20 football pitches to a kilometre. Simples!
“There is a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest tourist”