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Why still using the imperial system? (abananaforscale.com)
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[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

even if you're in a situation where it's somehow possible to manually draw 1/3 of a mm to any accuracy, 1/3 scale draft rulers still exist for metric, so it's equivalent

I seem to remember you as the one who brought up calculators

because as soon as you have access to a calculator, "off the top of your head" is an irrelevance