• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    You know what really gets me about these threads? Everybody being like “Can you believe Americans are stupid enough to comprehend fractions? I’m too smart to comprehend fractions.”

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      7 months ago

      thinking that knowing that 1/3 * 1/8 = 1/24 is something that anybody wouldn’t know is stupid

      the point is the impracticality of the result being essentially equivalent to 95/3

    • MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      And the typical USian self-importance, “I can use fractions, so I’m not switching.” Fractions work with SAE and metric. Conversions are a pain in the ass.

      As someone who was forced to memorize and use unit conversions regularly, needless conversions tend to overcomplicate tasks and result in more mistakes.

      Mistakes can result in death and needless loss. Ask NASA about that one.