Bob@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEveryday, as an Americanmidwest.socialimagemessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-up0·30 days 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-up0·30 days 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?
It was a Mars lander.