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5y ago
Leetcrew is right, but the advantage is greater. Inches are typically divided in powers of two. So you don’t have to represent the 5 digitally when dividing (which you can’t in the binary system). So, if the basic unit you’re designing wit
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Because the inch is already metric. Has been for 100 years. 1 in == 25.4 mm Therefore US customary units, while not being SI, are just as metric units as the calorie (energy to raise one (metric) gram of water one (metric) degre C. Switchin