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[-] cron@feddit.de 45 points 1 year ago

Using millimeters is pretty common in engineering.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

millimeters allow these numbers to be displayed as integers

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

Is that how numbers work, fascinating.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've seen technical drawings where the dimension of something is 10000+ mm. At that point I feel like the whole utility of the metric system is moot.

[-] cron@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I disagree with you. If you need five digits of precision, 12345 mm is precise and perfectly usable (and slightly less complex than 12,345 meters). Others might just say that the machine (or whatever) is twelve meters long. And all the math you need is removing three digits.

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