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Please don't scare them! (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

Gotcha, so we're talking kilotons and microinches then?

Or is it actually the units that make the metric system scary to Americans?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Woodworkers use the "metric system" all the time it seems. "Thousandths of an inch" is a common unit.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Yep, I hear them referred to as "mils". Although for more casual usage it's far more common to use 1/x^2 measurements like 1/8" or 13/64". Thankfully my job has only really needed up to the 32ndth.

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