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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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun
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
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The great thing about carrying a purse is that I can have a tape measure and small flashlight wherever i am. and a mushed up granola bar "for emergencies." and so on. can never find a damn pen, though.
Schrodingers little known side hustle was to make pens.
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I have a leather bracelet that is a measuring tape when I remove it. Super handy.
It has gone out of whack by about a 16th of an inch over the last 5 years, but still very helpful for measurement that don't need a lot of accuracy.
All slap bracelets are also measuring tape.
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You'll get good at estimating lengths fast doing that, the feedback loop works. Do the same thing with scales for weights. Do the same thing with wrist watch/timer for durations. Pretty soon you get a nickname from your wife 'master of time and space'
For all the good it does ya in the bedroom.
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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.
