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ChargedUpCharger on scored.co
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)
Its a good point. I prefer metric, but people shit on SAE ignoring that it's a highly practical system in the absence of standardized measurement tools.
The factional numbers are more of the same. Measurements can be divided by 2 fairly accurately, so halves, quarters, etc are easy and accurate. Dividing a measurement into 10 parts accurately is not easy. In a way, metric is also silly for being base 10. 2 or 16 are much better choices, but the arabs who came up with the number system numbers had ten fingers, so...
The factional numbers are more of the same. Measurements can be divided by 2 fairly accurately, so halves, quarters, etc are easy and accurate. Dividing a measurement into 10 parts accurately is not easy. In a way, metric is also silly for being base 10. 2 or 16 are much better choices, but the arabs who came up with the number system numbers had ten fingers, so...