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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If you want to convert between imperial units, going straight from feet to miles is impractical. You'd be better off knowing the chart of survey units, and they're all small numbers so they're easy to remember.

12 inches in a foot

3 feet in a yard

22 yards in a chain

10 chains in a furlong

8 furlongs in a mile

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

Did the metric system kill your family or something?

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

How do you do weight measurements? I noticed a lot of Americans use grams

[–] bier@feddit.nl 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Drugs are done in grams i think, methric

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

We use both. Body weight is in pounds, but nutrition is in grams.

In general we use metric more for smaller, more precise weights and imperial for everything else. I don't think I've ever heard anyone measure anything except cocaine in kilograms.

[–] mst@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Remembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I know right? it's such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.

[–] EldenLord@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, it sucks. There's no actual case for imperial over metric. it's just what I've spent years getting used to and I'm not changing now.

[–] EldenLord@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The imperial units were created for practical every-day measuring, so if you know how to apply them, they still hold up to the task. Just more difficult to use for large data sets like architectural models etc.

[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

I don’t know glitchdx from Adam, but I say with confidence that they were being sarcastic, and laying it on pretty thick.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

You monster.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

The dark side can be a pathway to many abilities some might consider ... stupid.