As a European, it took me a while to realize what’s wrong with that. Even though I’ve been living in the US for almost 14 years now.
Comment on xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoMy sawyer showed me a measuring tape graduated in tenths of a foot. Someone manufactured that for some reason.
lunarul@lemmy.world 6 months ago
stelelor@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Oh yeah, we use these “decimal feet” rulers at my job, for surveying. Nobody bothered to tell me ahead of time, so my first few days out in the field were pretty much a complete waste.
lunarul@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If it’s used for surveying, aren’t those survey feet? (a survey foot is 1.000002 US customary feet)