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ezequiel-garzon on April 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The US Plans to Finally Standardize the Length of ...

But halving is made easier because people say things like “3/8 of an inch”, no? If that’s all, nothing prevents you from using expressions like “3/8 of a cm”. If, on the other hand, 2 (or say 4) inches equaled 1 foot, 2 feet 1 yard, etc...

chiph on April 24, 2021 [–]

> nothing prevents you from using expressions like “3/8 of a cm”.

I'm going to use that with one of my European colleagues. And watch their eyes cross as they try to make sense of it.

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