August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget. - eviltoast
  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Things like woodworking are exactly where the imperial system came from. Because daily usable lengths like a foot are using base 12 not base 10, it can be divided much more evenly even before needing fractions.