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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down7·8 months ago “exactly” uh huh. and how are you measuring that?
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·8 months agoNow the engineers and/or scientists are crying
minus-squareIncandemon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoScientists maybe, engineering is all about calling things close enough.
minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·8 months agoYou don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
minus-squareKill_John_Lennon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoHe obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
minus-squarehesdeadjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoBut is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoI don’t have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoI will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoOk, you got another source of water - physicists.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoExactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference!
uh huh. and how are you measuring that?
Now the engineers and/or scientists are crying
Scientists maybe, engineering is all about calling things close enough.
You don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
He obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.
I don’t have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from.
I will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go.
Ok, you got another source of water - physicists.
Plancks
Exactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference!
Laser Measure.