And a lot of them also do inches for TVs, which is weird and forces you to go digging into the specs for the cm measurements whenever you want to see if a TV will fit in a space.

[–] BluesF@feddit.uk 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the UK we use metric and imperial so you can buy things in kilos but also measure your efficiency in MPG. Welcome to the island of the future/past.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

somewhere jacob rees mogg just let out a sob

[–] Fonderthud@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Engine displacement is measured in liters or cc as standard. Harley Davidson demands in using cubic inches though.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Its just the old air cooled dinosaur old-man Harleys that show their engines in cubic inches. Here's a 975cc Harley. Here is a 750cc Harley. The sportsters have been listed in cc's for decades.

Suzuki does it too, on their cruisers. Like the M109.

[–] MudMan@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know that and it is hilarious.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Its also incorrect for about half the bikes harley makes...

And don't look too closely at cruisers from Suzuki.

[–] Still@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

we have to dig to the specs for tv size cuz the size of tvs is the diagonal screen area not the actual size

we use cubic centimeter for small displacement engines where the whole displacement is measured (is car) and cubic inches for the large ones where the displacement is measured per cylinder (ie trains)

yup, reciprocal area measurements are a pain