They’re not talking about actual measurements in imperial units but about things which have been named after their American labels, which happen to be based on imperial measurements. Like the thread you link says, the actual sizes are defined in millimeters.
Just because we also have Quarter Pounders in McDonalds doesn’t mean we use imperial measurements.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565
They’re not talking about actual measurements in imperial units but about things which have been named after their American labels, which happen to be based on imperial measurements. Like the thread you link says, the actual sizes are defined in millimeters.
Just because we also have Quarter Pounders in McDonalds doesn’t mean we use imperial measurements.
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They were indeed.