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  • you can't just decide to build cutting edge chips

    if the DoD needed cutting edge chips but had to purchase them from within the US, all that would happen is their technology would be worse for the next decade(s) until US production could catch up

    given the current us procurement strategy of keeping at least a generation or so ahead of its next near-peer, i really doubt that would fly

  • even if you're in a situation where it's somehow possible to manually draw 1/3 of a mm to any accuracy, 1/3 scale draft rulers still exist for metric, so it's equivalent

    I seem to remember you as the one who brought up calculators

    because as soon as you have access to a calculator, "off the top of your head" is an irrelevance

  • well yeah, because 1/8" is 3.175mm

    1/3 of a mm is a distance between 1/64" and 1/128"

    mechanical pencil lead is only about 0.4mm

    I still don’t see how a calculator helps though.

    don't ask me ask the person who posed the "what's a third of 9.5mm" question

  • using a ruler to measure a length of 1/8" is as accurate as using a ruler to measure a length of 31mm and eyeballing 2/3 of a mm

    the bottleneck at that point is your eyeball and pencil lead, not the unit of measurement

  • the one third of 9.5 conundrum, which was posed by a metric defender

    they weren't a metric defender

    which is literally not true

    what scenario is there in your mind where you'd need a precision answer to what 1/3 of 9.5mm is, but also not have access to a calculator? and of those scenarios, how many of them would be solved by the knowledge that 1/3 of 1/8 is 1/24? i'm willing to bet the answer is more or less "none".

    and for those that do exist, you can also get drafting rulers that give you 1/3rds of metric measurements.

    the accuracy of your equipment isn't somehow better because you're dealing with fractions rather than decimal points

  • i don't really like replying to such a long comment with such a short one, but i feel like i need to remind you that the thing that started this chain was

    Quick off the top of your head, what’s a third of 9.5mm?

    reaching for a string in that situation would be puzzling to me

  • 18ths would need two divisions by three, but thankfully dividing a known measured length by three is easy with a piece of string.

    what kind of cartoon fantasyland do you live in where it's easier to find a piece of string than it is a calculator?

    also, all of this is assuming you have your drafting ruler to hand

    do you carry it around with you in your pocket on a day-to-day basis? some deep fucking pockets you've got there, although I suppose you already that to the 1/24th inch

    They can be measured, calculated and double checked

    my guy, we're talking about accuracies of millimeters here: you're not "double checking" your 12" ruler is accurate by slapping your bare carpet gripper up on the drafting table

    we no longer live in the pre-industrial age