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minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months 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-up4·8 months 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.
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.