• wieson@feddit.org
    11·
    7 days ago

    They could be more metric. Just imagine this wonderful reality:

    • 1 inch = 2,5cm
    • -> 1 hand = 10cm
    • 1 foot = 30cm
    • 1 yard = 1 m (=3ft+1hd)
    • 1 pound = 500g = ½kg
    • 1 thou = 25μm
    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 days ago

      Funny thing is here in the Netherlands some people use pounds and ounces ( pond and ons in Dutch ) when they buy meat at the butcher. 1 pond = 500 gram, 1 ons = 100 gram

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago
      • 1 yard = 1 m (=3ft+1hd)

      Oh yeah, that’ll be fine, I’m sure it will make everything simpler:

      1km = 1000yd + 1000hd = 1111yd + 1hd

      What could possibly go wrong.

      1 slug = ... ?

      • wieson@feddit.org
        1·
        6 days ago

        I redefined 1yd as 1m so 1km = 1000yd = 1kyd

        1000 yd = 3000ft + 1000hd = 3333ft + 1hd

        I think the inch-feet conversion is used more often than the feet-yard conversion, so I kept the 12:1 and broke the 3:1