[canadmos]

I had a meeting last week with an “aerospace” company in which I actually had to ask them to warn me when they switched units during our conversation. “Well, this in tenths, but we do this in microns, this in inches again and we measure this in mm…” I may be exaggerating a little, but they were definitely mixing and matching their units…

What's the worst that could happen?

 

[stoney]

What's the worst that could happen?

Where'd it go? Where'd whoooo goooo?

 

[jonKranked]

Where'd it go? Where'd whoooo goooo?

Definitely don't divide by zero

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Definitely don't divide by zero

It's OK, just integrate in to a zero radius circle around the singularity.

 

[SkaredShtles]

THEY TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE NO MATHS.

 

[Toshi]

THEY TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE NO MATHS.

why do you use "maths" to ingratiate yourself to British @6thElement

shameful

 

[6thElement]

why do you use "maths" to ingratiate yourself to British @6thElement

shameful

Because it's mathematics, not mathematic.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Because it's mathematics, not mathematic.

 

[Toshi]

Because it's mathematics, not mathematic.

where I grew up we could only afford one mathematic

 

[rideit]

Mathemebiscuits, guvnuh
SS wants to rub his tummy

 

[jstuhlman]

tube removal did not go as smoothly as anticipated (weight on end and swollen nasal passages do *not* play well together) but after some time to recover, we home.

 

[jonKranked]

where I grew up we could only afford one mathematic

Lucky. I had to steal my math to get by.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Mathemebiscuits, guvnuh
SS wants to rub his tummy

 

[Westy]

Lucky. I had to steal my math to get by.

My family grew numbers in the garden and we made our own mathematics

 

[stoney]

Haley's birthday party sleepover is chaotic. I've never been happier to sit in a closed office with headphones and study.

 

[canadmos]

Hmmmm

 

[6thElement]

Hmmmm

That's a lot of cottage cheese.

 

[rideit]

My family grew numbers in the garden and we made our own mathematics

When was prime growing season?

 

[eric strt6]

Ruth kicked some ass at the Golden State Dressage Festival today

 

[maxyedor]

I had a meeting last week with an “aerospace” company in which I actually had to ask them to warn me when they switched units during our conversation. “Well, this in tenths, but we do this in microns, this in inches again and we measure this in mm…” I may be exaggerating a little, but they were definitely mixing and matching their units…

Microns are for some unholy reason used way too much in otherwise imperial shops. I presume it's because verbally saying any measurement smaller than a tenth gets to be a bit of a mouthful, but it's goddamn confusing.

Of course I've worked with enough simpletons who can't decimal that I read off decimal dimensions as fractional equivalents most of the time. Telling a machinist the dimension is 3/16" +5 tenths, minus zero is technically accurate, but confusing as hell.

Numbers are dumb.

 

[Pesqueeb]

When was prime growing season?

 

[rideit]

Stop being so negative.

 

[jstuhlman]

Stop being so negative.

At least he's not accusing you of being imaginary...

 

[Westy]

When was prime growing season?

The odd month here and there.

 

[rideit]

Care to extrapolate?

 

[eric strt6]

I had a meeting last week with an “aerospace” company in which I actually had to ask them to warn me when they switched units during our conversation. “Well, this in tenths, but we do this in microns, this in inches again and we measure this in mm…” I may be exaggerating a little, but they were definitely mixing and matching their units…

was this the same company that smashed a probe into Mars instead of a soft landing because one team used metric and the other used "Merican" units in the weight/speed calculation?

 

[Westy]

Microns are for some unholy reason used way too much in otherwise imperial shops. I presume it's because verbally saying any measurement smaller than a tenth gets to be a bit of a mouthful, but it's goddamn confusing.

Of course I've worked with enough simpletons who can't decimal that I read off decimal dimensions as fractional equivalents most of the time. Telling a machinist the dimension is 3/16" +5 tenths, minus zero is technically accurate, but confusing as hell.

Numbers are dumb.

I am just happy I live in a world where a tenth is 100 times larger than a millionth.

 

[jonKranked]

That's a lot of cottage cheese.

Like maple sap, there's a limited window when it runs, and you gotta be ready to collect

 

[Westy]

At least he's not accusing you of being imaginary...

He is irrational

 

[rideit]

I’m infinitely more rational than you know.

 

[jstuhlman]

I’m infinitely more rational than you know.

your argument is null and void. i can't even extrapolate your meaning from your tangential ramblings

 

[rideit]

Then you need to take yourself out of the equation.
You only grasp a fraction of what I am talking about.

 

[rideit]

I. CANNOT. MAKE. THIS. SHIT. UP.