All plans use mm exclusively. Airport blueprints, for example, are in mm. At first blush it seems excessive, but it makes sense from a consistency & accuracy POV - 6.096m takes up 2 more characters than 6096 - they don't even need to specify the units "mm", because it is assumed, and anything else introduces room for error.
MossyHabitat
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Woodworker in US here, and I prefer metric. Also consider the thickness of plywood is actually in metric now - "3/4" is actually 18 mm but they have to market it as 23/32.
I've chosen to join the other 8 billion people on earth.
For anything construction-scale, all supplies sold in the US are based on 4x8' sheet goods and 16-24" on-center framing. I also concede that king George the 74th's foot length is more human-scale when dealing with large measurements: 20 feet vs 6096 mm. I still use metric when possible, however - I find it easier and more accurate.
For EVERYTHING else I've switched to using metric.
Context: I grew up in the US using imperial units and only pivoted to the metric system in 2020. If I grew up thinking in metric and building supplies/standards used it, it'd be superior in every way.
TL;DR I like my imperial/metric combo tape measure.
Bravo. Simply amazing.
Exactly, I hope he is doing well, both physically & mentally. If this is the result of CEO stress (in addition to his other endeavors & family) I'd rather see him hand the grind to a capable successor, allowing him to focus on bigger-picture plays.
Agreed, with an addendum. We must simultaneously work to reform the existing system AND build a new system. One incentivizes the other, thereby ensuring the outcome & its expediency. There's growing public awareness, community participation, and current (& future) activist whales with good intentions to kick-start the journey to a better future on both fronts. Needless to say I'm 100% convinced we need non-fungible securities ownership via NFTs or some equivalent system.
The "hard to build things, easy to destroy" truth resonates - Markets should be (financially) incentivized to create rather than destroy, which is why I'm against short selling at all - legit or naked/counterfeit. It is simply too easy to destroy a company & profit from its destruction, either forced via massive short positions or plants/sellouts within a board/C-suite.
Jesus Mohammed Christ, dude. You apparently didn't read what I wrote or comprehend any of its sentiment, but I'm glad you've arrived at the anti-BTC understanding though, so that's great.
You apparently didn't read what I wrote or comprehend any of its sentiment: "...with Bitcoin possibly being the antagonist to Gamestop’s investment story". I thought you were simply pumping BTC before, but it appears you're just new to this game. Put down the megaphone and educate yourself about the subjects you're espousing before you pick up a megaphone & preach to the choir. I'd also recommend improving your capacity for critical feedback & reading comprehension... although it does appear you've arrived at the anti-BTC understanding though, so that's great.
Further explanation debunking this continued in OP's duplicate post in the "DRS your GME" community: https://lemmy.world/post/11693782, if anyone stumbles across this and is curious.
Bitcoin & Litecoin were the only players in 2012, but Bitcoin wasn't in the general public's vernacular yet. My point was that someone (RC et al) likely didn't edit the PKC wikipedia page to highlight Bitcoin. Bitcoin's inclusion in that page's 2012 edit, and no others, was an artifact of its time, and no additional crypto tokens/coins/chains were added (and removed) since, reinforcing the case against someone highlighting bitcoin as a clue to trace back to Jacques Tits.
I was chastising you for highlighting (promoting?) Bitcoin despite every other use of PKC.
As I said, it is an interesting find that Dr. Tit contributed the "Tits Group" concept within the broader "Group Theory" branch of mathematics used in PKC - so good catch. However, PKC's utilization in e-commerce, NFTs, or even Ethereum (utilized for GME's NFTs) is far more applicable to Gamestop, with Bitcoin possibly being the antagonist to Gamestop's investment story, considering evidence suggesting it is being used by financial players as a manipulatable asset (to cover margin?), possibly since 2017 when the price suddenly skyrocketed.
Someone(s) spent a lot of time making a quality Wikipedia page about PKC. Then, per the page's revision history, someone dropped the word "Bitcoin" to the "examples" list in 2012 - although a seemingly lazy edit at first blush, Bitcoin was just gaining broader awareness in 2012. No other crypto token I searched for was found in the page's history, meaning nothing else was present but deliberately removed to highlight Bitcoin specifically.
And it's also possible RC simply included Dr. Jacques' tit tag as a subtle nod to this community's "jacked tits" reference from "The Big Short".
Please do your own research, as this is a very controversial subject which has been fought since its inception, with entrenched opinions. Here's a primer:
Most of the research done on fluoridating tap water was done in the early 1940s & 50s, well in advance of modern dental hygiene and fluoridated toothpaste use. Studies do definitively show applying fluoride directly to teeth does strengthen tooth enamel, but modern studies are mixed, at best, regarding efficacy of fluoridated tap water between equivalent socioeconomic communities. No studies have been conducted regarding dermal absorption of fluoride , believed to further elevate intake.
I think the simplest solution is to let people choose for themselves, and add fluoride to their personal drinking water if that's what they choose.
We don't need to fluoridate water in our toilets, showers, or irrigation.