Let's not even start with the metric system (used everywhere) and the imperial system (used in the usa and some african countries).
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According to wikipedia: "Some imperial measurements remain in limited use in Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and South Africa." - so, not even "some", just one African country, and limited use.
The US also doesn't officially use the metric system sigh.
The US officially uses the metric system...to define the US customary system of measurements.
E.g. 1 foot is defined as 0.3048 meters.
Yes, yes we DO use the metric system officially. In the early 1970's the metric system was made the official standard for weights and measures.
What we didn't do was force everyone to use it at 3:11AM 11/21/1974. It was decided to take a longer approach and let the change happen naturally and it has happened.
Everything in the grocery store is marked with metric weights and volumes. We buy butter by the gram, soda pop by the liter and whisk(e)y buy the milliliter. And everyone is looking for that same missing 10mm socket/wrench. (Where does do those things go anyway?)
How much more metric do we really need to adopt?
Lol, people find the silliest things to be angry and indignant about.
I guess someone never used ISO 216.
I am just grateful paper isnβt measured in hands
What the fuck, that was way more hilarious than a blog post about financial securities messaging ought to have been
1.414, the magic number.
Not-super-fun fact: an 8.5 x 11 inch paper can be useful if you lack a ruler in an American office & you need to measure an inch or a foot.
If you fold the paper like in an image I'll try to attach, the hypotenuse is 12.01 inches.
Edit: then you fold the 12.01 inch side against the 11 inch side to get a 1.01 inch measurement
Not exact, but good enough if you need to know your neck size to buy a fancy shirt online - not that I would ever waste my corporationβs time that way!
And most people here know that an A4 is 21 (exactly) by 30 (roughly) cm, which you can use (surprisingly) use for measurement aswell.
21x29.7
This number is permanently stored in my memory, just like 1β¬ = 6.55957F