Comment on Florida ounces

• pishadoot@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, but that doesn’t translate into real world as well, it doesn’t cleanly divide on a tape/calculator, which is what I was saying is an advantage.

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  • kshade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But in the real world you probably don’t need more precision than 333.3 anyway.

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    • pishadoot@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I haven’t, but it’s easier to divide things cleanly and quickly into 3rds when you don’t have to go down to 1/10000 of the whole length to translate it effectively.

      It’s why standard metric sheets of plywood (that I’ve seen - probably varies from country to country but when I was in Southeast Asia and Europe) come in 1200mm x 2400mm, because 12 and 24 are more easily divisible into equal sections than 10.

      This is the same advantage that the foot/yard have over the meter.

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