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GeneralRe: Imagine if the states switched from pounds to kilos overnight Pin
TNCaver11-Sep-24 10:18
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TNCaver10-Sep-24 6:55
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theoldfool10-Sep-24 7:25
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Daniel Pfeffer10-Sep-24 7:44
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TNCaver10-Sep-24 7:54
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Alister Morton10-Sep-24 22:09
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dandy7210-Sep-24 9:15
dandy7210-Sep-24 9:15 
TNCaver wrote:
millimeters are much more accurate than fractions of an inch.


As others have pointed out, accuracy has more to do with the measuring device than anything else.

Metric's benefit is all in conversion, where all you have to do is move the decimal when you need more precision or align the decimals when you need to do calculations. It's a lot quicker to add up a series of numbers then a series of fractions, when the denominator is different for every figure you have to include.

Don't get me started on the US vs Imperial gallon, or ton or...a lot more additional units than I ever knew about (based on a quick ChatGPT search, asking about other measurements that aren't the same but share the same name). WTF, a meter is a meter, there's no uncertainty about that.

Anyway. It's really not up to me to try to put forth arguments for or against; this has been debated ad nauseam.
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TNCaver11-Sep-24 7:21
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QuestionRe: Imagine if the states switched from pounds to kilos overnight - but how about wood? Pin
Craig Robbins11-Sep-24 1:52
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