Bob@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEveryday, as an Americanmidwest.socialimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
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minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m a scientist. I’ve used the metric system since grade school. In fact, I convert Imperial measurements to metric to do estimates.
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoEngineer here, I just use whatever’s convenient. It’s handy to know both. That said, I did confuse a poor coworker of mine this week when I was using bar for tank pressure and psi for the safety reliefs. That’s totally on me though.
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoand that’s why challenger blew up. or was that the hubble screw up?
I’m a scientist. I’ve used the metric system since grade school. In fact, I convert Imperial measurements to metric to do estimates.
Engineer here, I just use whatever’s convenient. It’s handy to know both.
That said, I did confuse a poor coworker of mine this week when I was using bar for tank pressure and psi for the safety reliefs. That’s totally on me though.
and that’s why challenger blew up. or was that the hubble screw up?