Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Change to more specific hip line height
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
dpilafian committed Jun 21, 2024
1 parent 5dd5302 commit d408c57
Showing 1 changed file with 12 additions and 13 deletions.
25 changes: 12 additions & 13 deletions src/website/article/millimeter-standard-war/index.html
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ <h2>{{articleTitle}}</h2>
<figcaption>{{heroCaption}}</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
Using only millimeters for length measurements has the nice advantage that you don't need
Using only millimeters for length measurements has the advantage that you don't need
to specify units because everyone on a project knows that all lengths will be communicated
in millimeters.&nbsp;
Sticking to exclusively millimeters, especially in engineering and manufacturing
Sticking exclusively to millimeters, especially in engineering and manufacturing
environments, reduces ambiguity and saves time.&nbsp;
Some call this practice the "Millimeter Standard" policy.&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
If your shop has made the decision to go "Millimeter Standard", that's great.&nbsp;
However, "Millimeter Standard" in casual use can be rather cumbersome because of the
However, "Millimeter Standard" in casual use can be rather cumbersome due to the
unwieldy number of digits.&nbsp;
When headed to the local garden center to buy 20 meters of irrigation tubing, you probably
don't want to be burdened with the 5-digit number 20,000.&nbsp;
don't want to be burdened with a 5-digit number like 20,000.&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
Most people find meters and centimeters quite practical for everyday measurements and only
Expand All @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <h2>{{articleTitle}}</h2>
<p>
Unfortunately, there are a number of vocal pseudo-experts out there Hell-bent on
eradicating centimeters.&nbsp;
They consider centimeters unpure and unholy, but this stuborness impedes
They consider centimeters to be impure and unholy, but this stubbornness impedes
metrication.&nbsp;
Stay away from these pernicious crazies.&nbsp;
</p>
Expand All @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ <h2>Human Scale</h2>
<table data-code-column=2 data-number-column=2>
<thead><tr><th>Body Part</th><th>Ruler</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Across your pinky fingernail</td> <td>1 cm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Across of your fist</td> <td>10 cm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ground to your belly button<br>(or waist if you're tall)</td> <td>100 cm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Across your pinky fingernail</td> <td>1 cm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Across your fist</td> <td>10 cm</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ground to your belly button<br>(or hip line if you're tall)</td><td>100 cm</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
Expand All @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ <h2>Human Scale</h2>
<section id=counterintuitive>
<h2>Counterintuitive</h2>
<p>
Beleive it or not, a regular metric tape measure is better for "Millimeter Standard"
Believe it or not, a regular metric tape measure is better for "Millimeter Standard"
work than a specialized millimeter only tape measure.&nbsp;
</p>
<figure>
Expand All @@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ <h2>Counterintuitive</h2>
<p>
If you are measuring in millimeters on a regular metric tape measure, treat the numeric
markers as the leading digits and the selected tick mark as the last digit.&nbsp;
For example, a reading of "7" concatenated with the 3rd tick mark means a measurement
For example, a reading of "7" extended to the 3rd tick mark means a measurement
of 73 mm.&nbsp;
Rather than summing up the two components of the numbers, you're just gluing them
together.&nbsp;
This technique is cognitively faster because it involves no math.&nbsp;
Rather than summing up two numbers, you're just gluing them together.&nbsp;
This concatenation technique is cognitively faster because it involves no math.&nbsp;
</p>
</section>

Expand Down

0 comments on commit d408c57

Please sign in to comment.