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
thinking that knowing that 1/3 * 1/8 = 1/24 is something that anybody wouldn’t know is stupid
the point is the impracticality of the result being essentially equivalent to 95/3
so in other words you’re helpless in that situation?
we can play the same game with 1/18th or whatever if you want
okay then my answer to the hypothetical is 9.5/3, which is every bit as easy to find on any measurement device, or to use for any practical purpose, as 1/24th
what’s a 1/3 of 1/8th of an inch?
but what kind of protest is “I’ll have no choice but to sell the ape”?
like even if your “threat” is losing you as a member of the community, you’re still selling it to somebody else who will just take your place
quick somebody close the stable door
Also, while we’re at it, what’s your definition of “propaganda”?
It seems like your definition is broad enough to render all potential forms of media as such, in which case it’s not a very useful definition.
That’s not mutually exclusive with being shot from a drone, though
Are you going to discredit footage shot from a video camera because “video cameras don’t spawn in air in real life, dude”?
Also, while we’re at it, what’s your definition of “propaganda”?
that’s not how that phrase works
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
because as soon as you have access to a calculator, “off the top of your head” is an irrelevance