Joke’s on you, rest of the world: your 2440mm x 1220mm x 13mm sheet goods, for example, are just 4’ x 8’ x 1/2" in disguise. Ditto for a lot of building materials, as well as standardized parts for other industries (like the pin pitch of electronics connectors etc.) that were really U.S. standards first that everybody else then got stuck with.
Joke’s on you, rest of the world: your 2440mm x 1220mm x 13mm sheet goods, for example, are just 4’ x 8’ x 1/2" in disguise. Ditto for a lot of building materials, as well as standardized parts for other industries (like the pin pitch of electronics connectors etc.) that were really U.S. standards first that everybody else then got stuck with.
Bet tons of electronics guys wonder why standard header pins are a pitch of 2.54mm… sike! its just 0.100" !!!