• randomwords@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t generally defend imperial, but feet and inches are actually really useful in construction. Base 12 is easily divisible by 2, 4, and 3. You often need to divide architectural elements in thirds.

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      1 year ago

      As a former structural engineer who lived on a Jobber 5 all day, that’s still pretty niche overall. Easier because it’s what your used to maybe, but outweighed by situations where it’s not. Try doing trig with fractions and then tell me imperial is better.

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        1 year ago

        Trig is literally the math where you start dividing a circle in fractions and doing the math in base 360.

        What the hell are you talking about?

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          1 year ago

          I’m talking about trig using feet and inches. You know, rise, run, slope… Have you ever used trig outside of school? I don’t understand what you’re confused about.