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Munches Table Quietly (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[+] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grocery volumes (Milk, dairy products, shampoo, basically anything purchased in a container)? litres.

Meanwhile, here in the US, we've got soda in liters but milk in gallons. Udder madness!

Carpentry measurements? Inches.

It amuses me that in metric countries, construction materials like plywood are often standardized to strange non-rounded measurements like 1220 x 2440 x 13mm because it's actually just 4' x 8' x 1/2" in disguise.

Wrenches? whatever fits!

Interestingly, I can't remember the last time I needed SAE wrenches. Even my old '96 Ford Ranger is metric, I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Cars have been all metric since the mid-80s IIRC, to better standardise them for international sales. The Ranger was really a Mazda B-series, so it's definitely metric.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Distances? These are measured in time

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Actually not accurate for "Rest of the World", China uses year month day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also do because it is ISO standard. I also do 24 hours for time. I wish scheduling application would do that. I don't know how many times I have scheduled a meeting for 8PM the following day instead of 8AM.