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[-] static_motion@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

All I think about is how much current tooling in manufacturing is made to use those round imperial measurements, and how much it would cost to convert/change them over. That's possibly the #1 reason why the US will never go metric.

[-] eldain@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

A change like that shouldn't be done over night, you'd need to go double standard for a while, say 10-20 years depending on the sector. That way you can construct 'ansi' buildings while new development is slowly moving to 'iso', and machines get the new specs when replaced. Give a heading and industries will slowly adapt.

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