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Munches Table Quietly (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] grandkaiser 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except WTF is the next size up or down from 15/64??!!!

There's lots of great reasons to switch to metric. Inability to do basic fractions isn't one of them...

For the record, it would be 16/64, or, 1/4

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone has trouble with something that's basic for someone else - we just have different skills. If these fractions are too confusing for a significant minority of people, then that's a good reason to switch from fractional to decimal.

[–] grandkaiser -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except In this specific case, it's about measurements for tools. Fractional is far more practical for construction than decimal for tooling.