ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoTiddies are nice but the metric system is betterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square190linkfedilinkarrow-up11.43Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.41Karrow-down1imageTiddies are nice but the metric system is betterlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square190linkfedilink
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days ago 1 yard = 1 m (=3ft+1hd) Oh yeah, that’ll be fine, I’m sure it will make everything simpler: 1km = 1000yd + 1000hd = 1111yd + 1hd What could possibly go wrong. 1 slug = ... ?
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoI redefined 1yd as 1m so 1km = 1000yd = 1kyd 1000 yd = 3000ft + 1000hd = 3333ft + 1hd I think the inch-feet conversion is used more often than the feet-yard conversion, so I kept the 12:1 and broke the 3:1
Oh yeah, that’ll be fine, I’m sure it will make everything simpler:
1km = 1000yd + 1000hd = 1111yd + 1hdWhat could possibly go wrong.
1 slug = ... ?I redefined 1yd as 1m so 1km = 1000yd = 1kyd
1000 yd = 3000ft + 1000hd = 3333ft + 1hd
I think the inch-feet conversion is used more often than the feet-yard conversion, so I kept the 12:1 and broke the 3:1