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minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up11·12 hours agoIn Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThat’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.
minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoOnly in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
minus-squarenl4real@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoThat makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
minus-squarePersi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoFeel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference: 1.58 meters 158 centimeters 1 meter 58 centimeters It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
That’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.
Don’t you guys use decimeters?
Rarely
Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
True, I didn’t think about that.
That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:
It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
except it would be 1,58 meters