/sci/ - Science & Math

Physicists/engineers might because of convention, but I'll tell you that as a chemistry major, everything is SI.

>>4387985
Alright, thanks.

Britain doesn't use the metric system, you fucking idiot.

YES. yes yes yes. Only idiots use whatever the fuck the american system is called... imperial? Or some shit. I hate that fucking system with the intensity of a thousand suns.

>>4387979
replace "ridiculous" with "inconvenient to calculate in my head"

I still agree.

Contrary to what /sci/ would like you to believe, the metric and imperial systems are not something strictly divided across borders. Different industries and areas will use different systems which transcends nationality.

Shipping containers, which are used world wide on roads, ships and trains, are measured in Twenty foot units, which by extension means everything related to shipping, including packaging and product design has to take that into account.

I don't give a fuck how inconvenient our system is, the wizarding community in Harry Potter uses feet and inches. So there.

we only have inches as a dirty marketing trick to confuse the customer.
"oh you have a 42 inch tv? How wide is it? "
"I have no idea"

Engineerfag. We still learn the imperial system just in case, but our classes are mostly in SI. Physics classes are totally in SI

Scientific calculation in the U.S. is almost always done in metric raw data sometimes either comes in Imperial units either because it is easier to visualize than metric or because the data is for a class assignment and the instructor wants you to practice unit conversion.

wow I should have spell checked that

>>4388084
easier to visualize oh god what? its only what your brought up with, i can visualize a meter or centimeter pretty dam well

>>4388019
You want a fun one. Sulfuric acid production around the world is measured in long tons. Make sense of that.

>>4388470
I didn't know about long tons. Amusingly enough, it's closer to 1Ki(kg) than to 1k(kg).

>>4387985
You use metric. People need to stop confusing SI with metric. SI blows worse than Imperial. Units like the litre and torr are only tacitly accepted because scientists refused to stop using them. In reality metric is no more standardized than imperial, the scaling is just easier. Both are pretty messy systems.

>confusing SI with metric

Seven SI base units:
meter,
kilogram,
second,
ampere,
kelvin,
mole,
candela.

teachers stop using the U.S custom system in high school. So when we are learning biology, chemistry, and physics we are very familiar with metric and especially in college. we use metric for math and science but custom for everyday and reference.

As a mechanical engineering student I work with, US customary, English and SI

>>4387985
I can confirm this. I have never seen imperial units in anything involving chemistry.

bump

>>4388045
Not enough data. Is the 42" screen size or frame? And what is the aspect ratio?

>>4388461
It's easier for someone who have grown up with the imperial units.

>>4388848
That's the point.

>>4388862
But same could be said for metric "i have a 107cm tv" how wide? "idk"

>>4388868
>a dirty marketing trick
>a
Inches is one of the dirty marketing ticks.
Not all of them.

we only use american standard measurements at the grocery store, but we practice conversion for buildings.

Let me guess, you live somewhere in europe?

There are 12 inches in a foot, because we are so 2012.

>>4388006

We freely mix and match metric and imperial, even on road signs. It's all part of a vast conspiracy to confuse foreigners.

>>4387979

fix your picture please, you forgot to mention Antarctica