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Dimensional lumber tape measure (slrpnk.net)
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I hope it’s not against the rules here, just saw this woodworking related xkcd that I enjoyed and thought it might be appreciated here:)

https://xkcd.com/3138

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[-] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Or they could have just decided that "arbitrary" factor to be 1.
But oh well

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago

I wish they had, but at least there is a standard, which is far more important.

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