I recently found out Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda) likes to carry a tape measure around with him, guess how big things are, and measure them to check how close he was
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go over it with an erasable white board marker and then wipe it down. should work on that surface.
Or just cut out the middleman and use isopropyl alcohol, which is what you're doing with the marker anyway, but without adding the extra ink.
Basically the same stuff as that whiteboard cleaning fluid.
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I did the reverse. I went into the hardware store to buy some chain. As it has to be cut, it is not self-service, I told the Lady that I need this much chain and held my hands apart, and added "50cm". She said "Hold it", took her tape, and measured the distance between my palms. It was exactly 50cm.
Same at the butchers. "I take that piece, it should be 800g." Scale: 802g
Is that a DC or Marvel Superpower? Introducing…THE ESTIMATOR!
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I did the reverse. I went into the hardware store to buy some chain. As it has to be cut, it is not self-service, I told the Lady that I need this much chain and held my hands apart, and added "50cm". She said "Hold it", took her tape, and measured the distance between my palms. It was exactly 50cm.
Same at the butchers. "I take that piece, it should be 800g." Scale: 802g
Were you really good at the bookfair games where you win a prize for guessing how many marbles are in a jar
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A man with a good sense of scale.
so sexy
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
Pleb, all of the real metrologists like me measure their forearms and fingers to use as measuring devices. Bonus if your forearm is an actual cubit.
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
I have no problem with this whatsoever.
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
Adam Savage has a tattoo for that.
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I did the reverse. I went into the hardware store to buy some chain. As it has to be cut, it is not self-service, I told the Lady that I need this much chain and held my hands apart, and added "50cm". She said "Hold it", took her tape, and measured the distance between my palms. It was exactly 50cm.
Same at the butchers. "I take that piece, it should be 800g." Scale: 802g
If the ability to measure with millimetre accuracy without tools were a superpower, there would be two types of people: those who’d hardly notice it, and those for whom it would be life-changing.
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I was with a friend at Home Depot and I asked if he thought a piece of wood I was holding was a foot long.
Friend: Let me just whip it out real fast.
Me: What are you going to do? Measure it 12 times?
That was 20 years ago and we still laugh about it today.
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Adam Savage has a tattoo for that.
Calibrating that thing is a pain.
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
And when he’s depressed he resorts to desperate measures.
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
I carry a rolled up 1m paper tape from IKEA as well as miniature plastic vernier caliper in my purse! They are super handy and lightweight, highly recommended.
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Were you really good at the bookfair games where you win a prize for guessing how many marbles are in a jar
Not really.
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Calibrating that thing is a pain.
Username checks out
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
My hands are exactly 6 inches long from the base of the palm to the tip of my middle finger. I use them to measure things all the time. Very handy.
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
He already uses that tie. Also, he already earned his weirdness.
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I was with a friend at Home Depot and I asked if he thought a piece of wood I was holding was a foot long.
Friend: Let me just whip it out real fast.
Me: What are you going to do? Measure it 12 times?
That was 20 years ago and we still laugh about it today.
Hahaha. Good one. I don't often come up with something as good as quickly. Good skill.
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Or just cut out the middleman and use isopropyl alcohol, which is what you're doing with the marker anyway, but without adding the extra ink.
Basically the same stuff as that whiteboard cleaning fluid.
This. Also methanol, but I'd much rather use isopropanol. I know higher proof (>70 %/140 proof) ethanol also works.
But isopropyl is the best/easiest. Just don't drink it....or methanol at that.
Also anhydrous ethanol ~99 % ethanol, as it contains benzene or other things you don't want to consume.
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Pleb, all of the real metrologists like me measure their forearms and fingers to use as measuring devices. Bonus if your forearm is an actual cubit.
My foot is a cubit. My cubit is a yard, if you know what I'm saying. Yeah, you know, you know.
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Pleb, all of the real metrologists like me measure their forearms and fingers to use as measuring devices. Bonus if your forearm is an actual cubit.
"Yep, feels like 16'C today. Write it down, and do the forecast lads"
