Cows Look Like Maps to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoYou'd think white car would be a fan of separated bike lanes...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square100arrow-up1489
arrow-up1483imageYou'd think white car would be a fan of separated bike lanes...sh.itjust.worksCows Look Like Maps to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square100
minus-squareSubverblinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoWhy state a car’s length in millimeters? Why state any length over a meter in millimeters? Why doesn’t the world use the decimeter? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used anywhere.
minus-square@cron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish18•2 years agoUsing millimeters is pretty common in engineering.
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agomillimeters allow these numbers to be displayed as integers
minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoBuilders, carpenters, plumbers etc all state any length up to 10m in mm
minus-square@Thisfox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIn countries that aren’t America, we use centimetres and metres. But it was suggested that yanks are a bit thick and might be happier using woodworkers units of millimetres and metres. No one uses deci anything, in my experience.
minus-square@Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI’ve seen deciliters around some places for beverages.
minus-square@Thisfox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoInteresting, only place I have seen them is in science fiction books, and the occasional scifi themed bar.
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoWe use deci-bells to measure sound volume
Why state a car’s length in millimeters? Why state any length over a meter in millimeters?
Why doesn’t the world use the decimeter? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used anywhere.
Using millimeters is pretty common in engineering.
So is using meters.
millimeters allow these numbers to be displayed as integers
Builders, carpenters, plumbers etc all state any length up to 10m in mm
My decimeters be decimating
In countries that aren’t America, we use centimetres and metres. But it was suggested that yanks are a bit thick and might be happier using woodworkers units of millimetres and metres.
No one uses deci anything, in my experience.
I’ve seen deciliters around some places for beverages.
Interesting, only place I have seen them is in science fiction books, and the occasional scifi themed bar.
We use deci-bells to measure sound volume