• GrumbleGrim@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    As a former structural engineer who lived on a Jobber 5 all day, that’s still pretty niche overall. Easier because it’s what your used to maybe, but outweighed by situations where it’s not. Try doing trig with fractions and then tell me imperial is better.

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      9 months ago

      Does it matter whether you punch 3/8 or .375 into a calculator? Don’t tell me you calculate stuff by hand…

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      1 year ago

      Trig is literally the math where you start dividing a circle in fractions and doing the math in base 360.

      What the hell are you talking about?

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        1 year ago

        I’m talking about trig using feet and inches. You know, rise, run, slope… Have you ever used trig outside of school? I don’t understand what you’re confused about.

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          1 year ago

          right now i use it for waves and reflections. that’s all fractions and degrees. before it was machining and tbh for me that was faster to go to the book for the answers than calculate everything out.

          truly trigonometry is a land of contrasts.

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      1 year ago

      4 1/2 inches divided into 2 is 2 1/4. Finding center with imperial on a tape measure is actuality faster than metric. (I use a tape with both while fabricating).

      Also (good) metric fasteners cost 50% more than imperial in the US. Unless it’s for a car, I don’t use metric to save money.