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There is nothing proprietary about the inch. It's 2.54 cm. We don't have a secret "reference inch" kept under lock and key that everyone else has to ape with re
by FroshKiller 10y ago
There is nothing proprietary about the inch. It's 2.54 cm. We don't have a secret "reference inch" kept under lock and key that everyone else has to ape with reverse engineering or anything. And it's used with great success in more countries than just the U.S.
- ceejayoz 10y ago> And it's used with great success in more countries than just the U.S. Myanmar and Liberia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#/media/File:Metric_system_adoption_map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#/media/File:Metr...
- FroshKiller 10y agoOur friends in Canada and the UK aren't discussing display sizes in centimeters.
- scott_karana 10y agoNot really out of choice, mind you.
- Cyph0n 10y agoWhy not just use centimeters directly like the rest of the world? I've started to get used to measurements here in the US, except for Fahrenheit. My trick is to mentally approximate using: 32+2*C.
- js2 10y agoI just remember 20C = 68F as an anchor point, then it's easy to jump in 5C/9F increments.