Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up1680arrow-down111 cross-posted to: anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
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minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoNothing stopping you from just saying 1/3rd metre. Fractions still work!
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoBut then you lose a good 99% of what makes metric great, which is the trivial decimalization of it.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSure. It’s an option though, works fine. I just don’t think it’s a valid criticism to point out that infinite numbers exist.
Nothing stopping you from just saying 1/3rd metre. Fractions still work!
But then you lose a good 99% of what makes metric great, which is the trivial decimalization of it.
Sure. It’s an option though, works fine.
I just don’t think it’s a valid criticism to point out that infinite numbers exist.