0BADAC1D

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   by 0BADAC1D 6y ago

   there's a bicycle suspension company that's all-metric except for a single screw to adjust tension. apparently the metric screws had too steep of threads and didnt allow for the level of fine adjustment they wanted. clearly we sh
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   by 0BADAC1D 6y ago

   having a unit of weight and a unit of volume share the same name is unspeakably stupid. why? WHY?
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   by 0BADAC1D 6y ago

   a machinist told me that when he had to start doing metric stuff it was all the same dimensions, but converted to metric. so instead of 1/64" he had to mill 0.396875mm. even if everything new designed was in metric with fairly rou