TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoinches plus coins equals metric systemlemmy.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down124
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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoGranted, but it divides by two multiple times. Take a good, round number like 1024 and you can halve it 10 times in a row. The metric system handles thirds by just using multiples. Like, you buy a 1200 wide benchtop and then you can fit a three 400 drawers under it. You could technically do the same in hex and the base numbers are all (x^y + x^(y+1)) which represent well.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoDecimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible
Granted, but it divides by two multiple times. Take a good, round number like 1024 and you can halve it 10 times in a row.
The metric system handles thirds by just using multiples. Like, you buy a 1200 wide benchtop and then you can fit a three 400 drawers under it.
You could technically do the same in hex and the base numbers are all (x^y + x^(y+1)) which represent well.
Decimal thirds suck. One gets 33c the second gets 33c the third gets 34c
We’re just lucky that 1c is negligible