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Name for 1/16 of something
<< < (3/3)
Tomorokoshi:
Half a bit?
SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Benta on February 05, 2021, 08:01:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on February 05, 2021, 07:05:25 pm ---
Please express 1/3  in decimal, to the same precision!  :D

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1/3 has a denominator less than 1/4. Apart from that, who cares? Try machining something to the 30th decimal.

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I thought that was what German apprentices had to do with hand tools, before they are allowed anywhere near precision machinery? :D
Tomorokoshi:
十六の一

"One of sixteen"

Almost sounds like a Borg designation!
Tomorokoshi:

--- Quote from: Benta on February 05, 2021, 08:01:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on February 05, 2021, 07:05:25 pm ---
Please express 1/3  in decimal, to the same precision!  :D

--- End quote ---

1/3 has a denominator less than 1/4. Apart from that, who cares? Try machining something to the 30th decimal.

--- End quote ---

Sometimes when doing tile work I grind them to 1/2 of 1/32.
Homer J Simpson:

.0625

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