America actually officially adopted the metric system in 1893 and since then all American Customary units have been defined by their relationship to metric units. They are just a bit slow on the uptake so they haven't all learned to use it yet. ...
I really hope you are not in the science or medical fields in America. You'll kill us all. That's how NASA's Mars lander was destroyed. Some of the calculations were Metric and some were Imperial. No one bothered to check. Reactions: Chuckeee and eyoungren bousoz...
Or does the whole world, even metric countries, use the 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4 inch based wrenches, breaker bars, torque wrenches etc? There are sockets in every sensible metric size you could imagine. But the nominal driver sizes are often quoted at 1/4, 3/8, ...
Facial recognition is an artificial intelligence-based technology that, like many other forms of artificial intelligence, suffers from an accuracy deficit.
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Aviation relies on a hodgepodge of units for measurement. We use feet for altitude, except in China, North Korea and Mongolia (metres). Russia now uses feet at high altitudes but metres for low levels. Visibility is measured in feet and miles in North America, but metres and kilometres acro...
When Europe adopted the German standard, in the 20th century, the US, along with a few other countries, did not. GrayFlannel said: Who in America is having problems with our weights and measures? They don't. Most Americans can't spell metric, let alone use it; un...