• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    4 hours ago

    Yawn.

    Like this is the first time OP has heard of other units.

    Why do you use Celsius when Kelvin exists?

    Most likely I learned metric long before OP was even born, in the US ( it’s been taught in the US since the late 60’s).

    You want us to throw away all our tools overnight? Recalculate every recipe, re-tool every process (with concomitant errors), etc, etc, etc, overnight? Are you paying for this?

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    7 hours ago

    1kg = double it and add a little lb
    1lb = just under half kg

    1cm = just under half in
    1in = a little more than double cm

    F vs C = give up

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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      4 hours ago

      For F and C, there’s a 10% variation from double/divide (5/9 vs 9/5).

      So add or subtract 10% after doing that part.

    • lime!@feddit.nu
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      5 hours ago

      C to F = 100 is too hot, 0 is too cold, 50 is just righ- ah damn it

    • teft@piefed.social
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      4 hours ago

      F vs c is easier if you think in bands of temps. 15 C is about 60 F. Each ten degrees difference in F is about 5 degrees different in C. So 20 C is about 70 F. 10 C is about 50 F.

  • EonNShadow@pawb.social
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    9 hours ago

    We measure drugs, pools, and PC temps in metric

    Grams for drugs unless it’s seized by the police, then it’s kilos 😂

    Pools in meters (or yards depending on location)

    And PC temps are always Celsius

    Metric isn’t scary, we just use it for random things and it makes no sense

    We also do alcohol in ml (750ml bottles are standard) unless it’s beer which is usually in 12oz cans.

    Nothing makes sense

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    8 hours ago

    Metric is for mass and Freedom Units™ are for weight. Because using the same unit of measure for both like metric does just because they happen to be on earth is stupid.