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minus-squaremorriscox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·8 days agoYup. One would start with that and then (hopefully) agree on a standard that is hopefully metric.
minus-squarerobobobot@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days ago Yup. One would start with that One would start measuring one meter using three feet, you mean? Until we can establish an exact measurement of one meter?
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoIf we’re knocked back to reinventing measurements we’ll probably reinvent the cubit along with the foot. If you’re building something by yourself you don’t need to be universally consistent, just internally so.
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Yup. One would start with that and then (hopefully) agree on a standard that is hopefully metric.
One would start measuring one meter using three feet, you mean? Until we can establish an exact measurement of one meter?
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If we’re knocked back to reinventing measurements we’ll probably reinvent the cubit along with the foot. If you’re building something by yourself you don’t need to be universally consistent, just internally so.