A lot of duel dimensioned drawings when you are interfacing.

I just have to be able to convert back and forth, sometimes in a single sentence: “we are using a 500mm X 450mm base made from 1/16” sheet metal."

This is me with all CAD software 😭

With that logic you should have mandatory reporting of anyone entering a hardware store. Neither of these is a real problem.

My last project in aerospace with 100’s of people was mostly Imperial. There is a lot of mixing of units and you can basically design your subsystem however you want. There was a mandate decades ago to go metric, but that has largely been ignored. It’s the worst of both worlds!

My current project is just a couple people, so I mandated all metric. I have to spend a lot of money on tooling, but it is largely fine. I would say 10 years ago getting some fancy aerospace grade fasteners was easier in Imperial, less so today.

My mind still defaults to Imperial for very small dimensions like a 8 thou gap or something.

I think that is a point worth considering too. I would argue we have incrementally been in decline regarding workers for 4 decades, and just not doing that would have also avoided Trump. Anyway we probably mostly agree.

In defense of small changes, the 2nd term Trump administration is a great example for why it should be difficult to make big changes. Even with the decent guardrail, he is able to completely destroy congressional mandated agencies, implement random tariffs (tariffs are back BTW), use DoJ as personal revenge agency. There should be a small appreciation of what we have today when compared to the last three thousand years of history. Things really can get a lot worse and very quickly.

Do I want Medicaid for all/single payer, yes.

Would I settle for Medicaid for those who want it, definitely.

Super Sized.

Yes, and no one invaded anyone on October 7th 2023. Of course Israel does not have the moral high ground, but the logic could go either way.