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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 131 points 1 year ago

Americans will use anything but metric

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

We use decimal inches in machine shops, that's a metric system.

SI though, that's what gets people mad.

[-] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Except for some reason you didn't come up with your own units for:

  • electric potential difference
  • electric charge
  • electric current
  • resistance
  • capacitance
  • inductance
  • magnetic flux
  • amount of substance
  • radioactivity
  • ...
[-] Throwdownyourgrandma@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Is adapting a standard instead of making your own something negative?

[-] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's not compatible with their other units. E.g. 1 tesla = 1 Ns/Cm, but imperial uses poundfeet instead of newtons and feet instead of meters. Dimensional analysis with incompatible units is folly.

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