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Djehngo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The only metric to imperial conversion I remember is kilometers to miles since it’s pretty close to the golden ratio.
Even if you don’t remember that the golden ratio is 1.6 and a bit, you can approximate it by using successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 …
So 8 miles is about 13km (actually 12.87)
aarRJaay@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Fucking Dan Brown in the comment section
jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Lmao your username is awesome
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Thank you, kind stranger on the internet!
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
A meter is a Baker’s yard. 3 free inches!
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I usually just go with 1.5 because adding half/subtracting a third is way easier to do in my head, and I’m not worried about a ~10% error in casual conversation.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
2.2 pounds per kilogram. For a rough conversion just multiply or divide by two. For a more precise conversation do the same thing, then wiggle a decimal and do it again.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Forma me it’s the yard. It’s so close to the meter its ridiculous. I just ignore the difference an treat as the same. One yard = 0.9144 meters
bryndos@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
A yard is about 1.4 litres in my book, or 2.1/2 pints - imperial pints mind, not US ones.
I'm not ignoring away that 20% difference; it's bad enough with all the fucking "pint to brim" glasses these days.notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Liters? Pints? How are you converting from distance to volume?
bryndos@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
A yard of ale is a large beer glass, based on a glass that is quite long probably less than a metre.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Its 2.54 cm to the inch. Its close to 2.5 and as an engineer in America I am stuck doing that conversion a lot
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If it makes you feel any better, most pipe standards around the world are based on the American system, as well as bloody valve coefficients.
I am far too aware that 1" is 25.4 mm :(
And I’m in Australia. Grumble