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I need something that can take out a 6/13th cubit bolt
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Oct 26, 2017 23:19
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Sagebrush posted:puritan farmer units Every once in a while you run into someone who is under the impression America invented the imperial measurement system, and before America came around everyone on Earth was using metric, God's own sacred divine system derived from first principles by Aristotle which is funny because lol we would never choose the name "imperial"
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Oct 26, 2017 23:22
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Tax Inductions posted:Sometime next year they're going to fix this by redefining the kilogram to be based on planck's constant. Nice. Took long enough. got any sevens posted:The only non-arbitrary measures of time are days and years, and even those fluctuate. But seconds/minutes/hours are purely imaginary. isn't the second based off of the nuclear decay of like x moles of cesium atoms, and to define and measure those moles you eventually have to get back to the kilogram? fruit on the bottom posted:I need something that can take out a 6/13th cubit bolt isn't this like 53/64ths dicklenth?
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Oct 26, 2017 23:23
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SniperWoreConverse posted:isn't the second based off of the nuclear decay of like x moles of cesium atoms, and to define and measure those moles you eventually have to get back to the kilogram I'm pretty sure we were using seconds before we knew what an atom was or that nuclear decay existed, but they probably added this justification in post-hoc because metric must have a math thing to find every unit imaginable
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Oct 26, 2017 23:26
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Sagebrush posted:all the bolts on my motorcycle, 3d printer, quadcopter, and other modern high-tech products of the future are multiples of round metric lengths (10mm, 15mm, 20mm, 30mm, etc) Any vehicle designed and built in the US from 1960-2017 give a poo poo... PS: Your Crotch Rocket != All Motorcycles
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Oct 26, 2017 23:28
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loquacius posted:I'm pretty sure we were using seconds before we knew what an atom was or that nuclear decay existed, but they probably added this justification in post-hoc because metric must have a math thing to find every unit imaginable yes, the Sumerians invented the second, and there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour because their insane math system is base 60 or some poo poo. This is also related to why a circle has 360 degrees and why there are 365 days in the year. (the 5 other days were dead, evil days outside the normal calander iirc. Like ghosts and poo poo come out so they're not "real" days.)
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Oct 26, 2017 23:34
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SniperWoreConverse posted:yes, the Sumerians invented the second, and there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour because their insane math system is base 60 or some poo poo. If this is true, my headcanon is that it originated from the king of Sumeria being really hung over one morning "Nope, this isn't a real day. Staying in bed. I dunno, man, this day just kind of sucks. It doesn't count, ok?"
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Oct 26, 2017 23:37
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half coke half diet posted:Metric system makes sense, but you would have to remove every INCH measurement from everything and that goes into fasteners and poo poo. You have no idea how frustrating it is to listen to people say "I want a 6mm bolt that is 1.5" long". Give me a fastener that is 1.5" long in metric. Then tell me how many mm it is in, and tell me if 1.5" is easier than 37.5mm We almost lost an airliner over this "we won't go metric" nonsense. And we did lose a space probe. About time we switched.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:40
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VideoGameVet posted:We almost lost an airliner over this "we won't go metric" nonsense. And we did lose a space probe. Goddamn commie probe. Good riddance, I say.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:41
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loquacius posted:If this is true, my headcanon is that it originated from the king of Sumeria being really hung over one morning Eugh, gently caress going into court today. Have the high priest of Ensi look, there's prob hateful spirits giving me this headache
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Oct 26, 2017 23:45
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half coke half diet posted:Any vehicle designed and built in the US from 1960-2017 give a poo poo... I'm guessing the Tesla Model S is metric. Yes, it is: https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/its-all-metric-cm-and-millimeter-tesla-motor-factory
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Oct 26, 2017 23:45
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VideoGameVet posted:I'm guessing the Tesla Model S is metric. Oh poo poo a car from elon musk has metric bolts, we have to stop everything and change over right away!
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Oct 26, 2017 23:53
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SniperWoreConverse posted:yes, the Sumerians invented the second, and there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour because their insane math system is base 60 or some poo poo. There are 365.25 days in a year because that's how long it takes the earth to make a revolution around the sun.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:55
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scrubs season six posted:There are 365.25 days in a year because that's how long it takes the earth to make a revolution around the sun. I thought it was all a conspiracy of the Knights Templar and the Gregorian's.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:57
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scrubs season six posted:There are 365.25 days in a year because that's how long it takes the earth to make a revolution around the sun. Yeah yeah and there are 24 hours a day because that’s how long it takes the earth to rotate. You’ll get your chance to plead before Gilgamesh just like everyone else numbnuts* *traditional Sumerian honorific
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Oct 26, 2017 23:59
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scrubs season six posted:There are 365.25 days in a year because that's how long it takes the earth to make a revolution around the sun. this was discovered by the sumerians and is why they have weird as gently caress numbers like this sequence 12 x 6023 x 60110 x 600
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Oct 27, 2017 00:02
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Funny enough unless Fruit on the Bottom is the confessor puppetmaster goon has nothing to do with this derail. Thisfruit on the bottom posted:Worse: Fahrenheit vs Celsius is what started it. Puppetmaster goon got cucked.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:08
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I’d love to pretend that I’m the confessor for a  but no I’m just bein’ a Chad.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:18
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actually, thinking about it, my interpretation is probably wrong < yy yyy < is probably 104 + 23 + 32 + 101 or 10,000 + 8 + 9 + 10 10,027? maybe? I dunno. Trying to figure this poo poo out is like trying to learn how to count again
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Oct 27, 2017 00:38
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Theophany posted:I don't get why anybody gives your lovely posts any credence, to call it trolling is offensive to the art form. You sound like a classy guy
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Oct 27, 2017 00:52
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The dodeca system is by far the superior counting method. https://youtu.be/U6xJfP7-HCc
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Oct 27, 2017 01:12
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Is the reason metric is base ten because of our fingers?
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Oct 27, 2017 01:14
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half coke half diet posted:Any vehicle designed and built in the US from 1960-2017 give a poo poo... lol. if you've got a hardly ableson go take a look at some of the engine bolts sometime. only bikes where you need two complete sets of tools to work on them got any sevens posted:Is the reason metric is base ten because of our fingers? yes, but it's more accurate to say that the reason base ten is base 10 is because of our fingers. e: also my ford is entirely metric but that's because it's secretly a mazda
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Oct 27, 2017 01:53
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fruit on the bottom posted:I need something that can take out a 6/13th cubit bolt Stop fumbling around through metric and standard sockets. You're not a socket tracker! Now there's a better way! 
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Oct 27, 2017 02:14
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Solice Kirsk posted:You're not a socket tracker! That’s not what everyone in this thread’s moms said 
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Oct 27, 2017 02:16
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scrubs season six posted:There are 365.25 days in a year because that's how long it takes the earth to make a revolution around the sun.
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Oct 27, 2017 02:17
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PetraCore posted:The point is that they declared 5 days to be 'evil' days or whatever, and part of why they picked that number is to make an even 360 'good' days, because it's aesthetically pleasing in a numerical system based around 60. I wish we had weird "not counted evil" days where anything goes. Like a purge or something!
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Oct 27, 2017 02:23
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Solice Kirsk posted:I wish we had weird "not counted evil" days where anything goes. Like a purge or something! 
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Oct 27, 2017 02:25
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I like how that confessor made all of you people autism out about measurments, although to be fair in GBS that's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. Confessor, what you said is like "I'm really good at counting to three" maybe technically correct but completely irrelevant.
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Oct 27, 2017 02:46
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Confessor did nothing. In fact we did the very thing he was bitching about.
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Oct 27, 2017 02:51
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You see, the Rankine scale is objectively best because it sets 0 to Absolute Zero, like Kelvin does, but it uses the smaller Fahrenheit degrees so you get finer detail. (no but seriously anon alkie goon, get on the Sinclair Method, it's the best)
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Oct 27, 2017 03:06
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Solice Kirsk posted:Confessor did nothing. In fact we did the very thing he was bitching about. That's what I wonder if there's a correlation between the tendency to talk about temperature scales and alcoholism.
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Oct 27, 2017 03:09
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I prefer the simplicity of the Hot/Cold scale. Boiling water? Thats hot. Ice? That's cold. The sun? That's hot. A witch's glare? That's cold.
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Oct 27, 2017 03:22
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I thought the coldest part of any given witch was the tit?
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Oct 27, 2017 03:56
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Police Automaton posted:I like how that confessor made all of you people autism out about measurments, although to be fair in GBS that's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. Confessor, what you said is like "I'm really good at counting to three" maybe technically correct but completely irrelevant. Man gently caress you, I started this not him
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Oct 27, 2017 06:26
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Edit: Ignore this. Phone posting sucks sometimes
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Oct 27, 2017 06:33
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If you think about it, redefining the kilogram with a whole lot of complicated math is a bit stupid. Every child knows a kg is 1000 grams. Why make it so complicated. 
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Oct 27, 2017 06:51
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SniperWoreConverse posted:this was discovered by the sumerians and is why they have weird as gently caress numbers like this sequence Your statement made it seem like the Sumerians decided to break a circle into 360 degrees and also decided that it should take 365 days for the earth to go around the sun. God decided the latter buddy, not the Sumerians!
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Oct 27, 2017 07:03
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God didn't exist yet in ancient sumeria
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Oct 27, 2017 07:33
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Jastiger posted:You sound like a classy guy I drink my liquor with my pinky finger stuck out, yes.
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