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    11 months ago

    Even more ridiculous is that they could have just made everything one fraction. Like 1/10 then 2/10 then 3/10. This crap is over complicated by it’s own rules.

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      11 months ago

      What if you need to represent something between 1/10th and 2/10ths without misrepresenting your precision?

      Fractional measurements are way better for indicating precision than decimal. With decimal precision can only be increased or decreased by a power of 10, whereas fractional can be any level of precision - just represent the precision in the denominator.