▲ 671 ▼ suck it, math nerds (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (6 children) "exactly" uh huh. and how are you measuring that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now the engineers and/or scientists are crying permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kill_John_Lennon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hesdeadjim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago I don't have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Ok, you got another source of water - physicists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plancks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Laser Measure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now the engineers and/or scientists are crying permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kill_John_Lennon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hesdeadjim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kill_John_Lennon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hesdeadjim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hesdeadjim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago I don't have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Ok, you got another source of water - physicists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Ok, you got another source of water - physicists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plancks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Laser Measure. permalink fedilink source parent