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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 21:53:19 JST 翠星石
   >Put liquid in the chainsaw.
   >Call it a "gas" chainsaw.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:02:24 JST 翠星石

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     @Zergling_man I'm well aware they they just use the metric metre, but rather than just using it directly, they add extra steps.
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:02:26 JST Zergling_man

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     @Suiseiseki Wait until you hear about how they measure distances.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:17:38 JST 翠星石

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     • Zergling_man
     @Zergling_man Yes;
     You have: mile
     You want:
     Definition: 5280 ft = 1609.344 m
     You have: ft
     You want:
     Definition: foot = 12 inch = 0.3048 m
     You have: inch
     You want:
     Definition: 2.54 cm = 0.0254 m
     You have: acre
     You want:
     Definition: intacre = 10 chain^2 = 4046.8564 m^2
     You have: chain
     You want:
     Definition: 66 ft = 20.1168 m
     You have: footballfields
     You want:
     Definition: footballfield = usfootballfield = 100 yards = 91.44 m
     You have: yards
     You want:
     Definition: yard = 3 ft = 0.9144 m
     
     Having to do a conversion every single time you use a unit will and does lead to errors.
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:17:39 JST Zergling_man

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     @Suiseiseki >extra steps
     HAH
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:45:41 JST 翠星石

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     @Zergling_man 25.4mm is slightly too big for semi-accurate eyeballing, meanwhile you can eyeball 20mm or 10mm or 5mm easily.
     
     Squaring a distance measures distance, except in 2D instead of 1D
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 22:45:42 JST Zergling_man

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     @Suiseiseki nosuchthingasasmallmistakeincivilengineering.jpg
     
     The best burger cope about their measurement I've ever seen was the time some guy was legitimately arguing that imperial was better "because you can eyeball it".
     
     Also acre isn't actually a measurement of distance 👀