Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前Banana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137imageBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前message-square168fedilink
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 小时前Nothing stopping you from just saying 1/3rd metre. Fractions still work!
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 小时前But then you lose a good 99% of what makes metric great, which is the trivial decimalization of it.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 小时前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.
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.