grozzle

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[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's not more precise, it becomes inaccurate.

A man says he's 6'6". Sure. If he's anywhere between 6'5½" and 6'6½", that's true.

You say he's 198.12cm tall. The range of this being true is now thinner than a needle. It has gone far beyond what anyone actually measures. In over 99% of cases, it's not true, and if it is, it won't be for long, because the human body isn't nearly that consistent from breath to breath.

The conversion with spurious false precision has made the number go from true to not true.

The man is six foot six, yes, true. The man is 198.12cm - no he isn't.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

so many researchers toasting their bagels and yet never using your dedicated bagel button will wear you down.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When the original value is only precise to plus or minus half an inch, it makes no sense whatsoever to do a conversion that's a hundred times more precise.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Alec's Texan cousin who showed up in this video.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)

nobody is measuring people to a tenth of a millimeter.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

i doubt i would have time for cooking at an active orogeny.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

been there once - saw a delivery of some big canisters of gas 🤔

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that's not why.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Kazon, for sure. "not worthy of assimilation"

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"why does the string between these cups smell like det-cord?"

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

well, they won't be, after they explode.

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