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Oct 9, 2015
9:44:30pm

Squeegee

I don't think it would really matter for computers.

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Squeegee

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Merica.

flavordave

10/9/15 5:13pm

I think what this boils down to is

Yoshinobu

10/9/15 5:16pm

100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit

AndyDwyer

10/9/15 5:18pm

Also true. I just thought this was an interesting article because I'd never

flavordave

10/9/15 5:34pm

There was a lot of language in the math description that I did not understand.

CDV

10/9/15 5:18pm

As someone who's slightly mathematically OCD about repeating fractions,I concede

10/9/15 5:25pm

Ha. Interesting thought.

flavordave

10/9/15 5:32pm

I have an uncle that would argue that we should all switch to a base 12 system

KingDave

10/9/15 5:44pm

I don't think it would really matter for computers.

Squeegee

10/9/15 9:44pm

Until you got to one seventh. Amiright?

10/9/15 5:52pm

Twelve fingers => base-12 system?

ThetaSigma

10/9/15 6:05pm

You mean 2/5ths as easy as metric fractions.

10/9/15 6:09pm

As an engineer I use inch units because

StrongBad

10/9/15 5:42pm

That's a valid reason.

10/9/15 6:07pm

The English system is much more intuitive.

10/9/15 5:45pm

Especially with weights

Busiturtle

10/9/15 6:03pm

A centigram burger.

10/9/15 6:11pm

For some things - but not for others.

10/9/15 6:18pm

Sure, real world constants that are anything but intuitive

10/9/15 7:57pm

I would say freezing and boiling are far mor intuitive

10/9/15 9:22pm

I'm talking about weights and measures. Temperature is not the measure of a

10/9/15 10:56pm

Between the two of them, the US and UK basically took the world from

hansel

10/9/15 6:37pm

So why does a list of the top 100 universities in the world

10/9/15 7:00pm

So you convert from one to the other

Busiturtle

10/9/15 9:12pm

It's not really that hard

10/9/15 9:21pm

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