• TwilightKiddy@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Because math works with Y up. Physics steal from math, engeneering steals from physics, so, here you are.

    What I can’t get is imperial measurement system. Apparently, nobody but americans can. And that stuff is far worse than Y and Z switching places.

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      1 year ago

      as a minecraft player learning how to use autocad, i thought y up was alot more ubiquitous then it apparently is

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      That’s what I don’t get. Why would they make Z up when in algebra, Y is up. It’s all based on math, shouldn’t we keep consistent on that?