Comment on xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure
stelelor@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoOh 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 3 weeks ago
If it’s used for surveying, aren’t those survey feet? (a survey foot is 1.000002 US customary feet)