Post B5UeQycCymanDl3tuS by ori@hj.9fs.net
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(DIR) Post #B5Ue3kvvgMkE7vDJj6 by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:23:34Z
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We've had this long furling tape from Japan for the longest time, for years!! thinking it was in inches. Causing us lots of mistakes and fuck ups, the whole time we thought it was our own miscalculation.1) The unit on the tape is in tenth of a feet.2) That's almost exactly 3cm, BUT NOT QUITE.3) The ruler says FEET, but then breaks it down in 3cm segments each divided in tenth of a tenth of foot.WHAT THE FUCK RULER
(DIR) Post #B5UeE4mqipl4b5t6Qa by rostiger@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:24:59Z
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@neauoire One ruler to mess with them all. :ohnobubble:
(DIR) Post #B5UeJIDyBoNBik3p2m by alderwick@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:26:24Z
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@neauoire Perfectly cromulent semi-SI units. Decifeet, centifeet, kilofeet :flan_thumbs:
(DIR) Post #B5UePRmBaZ7t5C01lw by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:27:28Z
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@alderwick here I was hating on the fact that the word "hexadecimal" mixes up latin and greek roots.
(DIR) Post #B5UeQycCymanDl3tuS by ori@hj.9fs.net
2026-04-20T18:27:27Z
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Those are metric inches. Obviously.
(DIR) Post #B5UeklKw3gpzpVPvpw by yaodema@chitter.xyz
2026-04-20T18:31:20Z
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@neauoire shaku-sun-bu approximator based on international feet, I guess? unless zhat's slightly off and actually 0.9942x ze measurement on your tri-blade ruler, which'd mean it's literally just shaku-sun-bu
(DIR) Post #B5UfEayZ90BKNrBBoW by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:36:44Z
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@yaodema it's a german triblade, so I think that's probably actual feet. If not, our measurements have been fucked on meta levels.
(DIR) Post #B5UfLEy7Mgcu9m8eJc by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:37:52Z
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@angelwood "It takes roughlypicoseconds for light to travel one-tenth of a foot.":eccehomo:
(DIR) Post #B5UfX2NE1E3cZKVWRE by yaodema@chitter.xyz
2026-04-20T18:40:05Z
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@neauoire oh I mean your tri-blade being *actual feet* and zhis weird ruler being off by a tiny amount you can't see wizhout calipers, here. shaku are defined as 30.3cm to a foot's 30.48, after all
(DIR) Post #B5UfdedMgGaAy7DCW8 by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:41:16Z
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We kindda wanna pass it down, but we'll have to put a label on it something, like: CURSED UNITS, experimental uses only.
(DIR) Post #B5UfgpOd7gqlDSpiOu by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:41:51Z
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@yaodema I'm just here questioning everything now, I don't have enough rulers on the boat to be doubly sure of anything.
(DIR) Post #B5UftCQFL2sg6aUKuG by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T18:43:58Z
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@blakecoverett holy crap, you can't return to working in the normal world after that
(DIR) Post #B5UiZlAijLaHwxeFxA by u47@mastodon.social
2026-04-20T19:09:41Z
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@neauoire isn’t that just a standard drafting scale, at 1:10000 feet? We used the metric ones in school, but they were standard scales.
(DIR) Post #B5UiZzUjTjuWN57R5c by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-20T19:14:09Z
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@u47 the triblade? yeah that's my everyday ruler.
(DIR) Post #B5VFnSNCiWGmBkctFo by Bender@ecoevo.social
2026-04-21T00:57:25Z
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@neauoire In forestry management we use imperial tape measures divided into 10 instead of 12. Specifically when measuring the diameter of a tree trunk. It means the result is a straight decimal, ie. 3.4' or 3.9' instead of 3'-4 4/5" or 3'-10 13/16".I mean, yeah, metric would be easier all around, but at least this method does make tabulating and synthesising results in spreadsheets easier for Americans when it's in tenths of a foot vs twelfths.
(DIR) Post #B5VFnTW6SuyxjdnVlQ by Bender@ecoevo.social
2026-04-21T01:07:13Z
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@neauoire And you should see the back side of that same measuring tape - it measures "inches", but each "inch" is in actually 3.14159 (pi π) inches long, so that you don't have to do math in the field to convert circumference to diameter!Super handy for those who know. Flabbergasting to those who don't.
(DIR) Post #B5VFniC5tatDFvYF9s by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T01:26:17Z
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@Bender thatis actually mind blowing. Thank you for that fact!
(DIR) Post #B5VIxeijxr8HF2Fqbo by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T02:01:45Z
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@Gregori literally me when I put it on the Free Stuff shelf at the marina.
(DIR) Post #B5VKof5HRXgRffdWdM by joninalbany@beige.party
2026-04-21T02:22:40Z
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@neauoire It's engineering units. I have an old folding rule, inches on one side and tenths on the other. It can be confusing. Anyhow, if you were working off plans with measurements in tenths, it is easier to use this kind of tape than converting numbers on site.
(DIR) Post #B5VLNKuISAOFED270a by rek@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T02:28:54Z
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@neauoire @Gregori Lamia surveyor's tape
(DIR) Post #B5VQTY3MzJazVd3gVU by bstow@beige.party
2026-04-21T03:26:03Z
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@neauoire Yellow is inches, white is tenths.
(DIR) Post #B5VhYbZF34hv4nxmiW by jameschip@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T06:37:27Z
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@neauoire this is very funny, but also what very specific reason is there for this to exist?
(DIR) Post #B5WNqwEDAQ2yRTYDtQ by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T14:31:06Z
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@jameschip based on the comments in the thread: oil wells.
(DIR) Post #B5WNwfLaqJt1pAjdBY by neauoire@merveilles.town
2026-04-21T14:32:12Z
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@niels that cracked me up
(DIR) Post #B5WNxbLFDm4Pgt1Ah6 by niels@social.data.coop
2026-04-21T08:26:46Z
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@neauoireNext up imperial meters where each meter is exactly 40 inches.
(DIR) Post #B5WQR86qfbZtcmUaK8 by marcink@stolat.town
2026-04-21T15:00:07Z
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@neauoire @niels Ever since learning about the short ton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_ton, 907kg, in the US apparently often called just the ton) I wish we defined a “long yard”, equal to 1m, and call it just “yard” in Europe for convenience.