Post #1906828
2026-04-20 18:41 UTC
Replies (8)
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@miblo@mas.to 2026-04-20 18:44
@neauoire Just leave it lying around in a dungeon for the next plunderer to take their chances…
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@zyd@yap.zyd.lol 2026-04-20 18:51
@neauoire I hope one day humanity will have advanced enough that we can dedicate an entire museum to cursed units of measurement. Each unit should have some kind of story, perhaps a tale of great warning!, to go along with it.
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@7xien@thicc.horse 2026-04-20 18:55
@neauoire the unholy "Not for reference only"
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@rafial@masto.hackers.town 2026-04-20 19:13
@neauoire ah yes, I recently ran across the mysterious Shaku and the mischief it can cause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaku_(unit)
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@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-20 19:28
@neauoire there is something called a metric foot, it was widely used by the UK state broadcaster BBC for layouts of television studios - perhaps the Japanese had something similar.. https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/5fzshp/the_metric_foot/
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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-04-20 19:36
@neauoire We have a tape measure that's 12 inches to the foot. Except they are smaller than real inches!
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@erinaceus@chaos.social 2026-04-20 19:44
@neauoire the inch is already a cursed unit. This ruler is just a parody.
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@vinh@mastodon.ie 2026-04-20 20:33
@neauoire https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-01119382/#dataTypeId=continuous-00065-0&period=P7D&showFieldMeasurements=true Measured in decimal feet. Once upon a time, before SI units were a thing.