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0 pointsasdfasgasdgasdg6y ago0 comments

> Quick, what's 1/3 of a meter?

33.3 cm?

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1-66y ago

That's why you pick highly composite numbers to create your object. 'Quick, what's 1/3 of 12 meters?' Why do they make raised floors 600mm tiles?

thomk6y ago

Oh, you rounded. Got it. ;)

Let's not pretend that any real world application of a third of a foot has infinite precision.

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