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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Metric is for people who don't have a floating point coprocessor in their head.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Yeah it's so useful to know the division table of the units so you can break it down, like how a mile is 1760 yards so I know that half a mile is.. uh...

    Guess that's why the text uses decimal point miles.

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