no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down129
arrow-up1690arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years ago.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agohttps://lemmy.world/post/14969269
pls explain 🙂
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
🫡🇺🇲
Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
Because, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
https://lemmy.world/post/14969269