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[-] YodaDaCoda@aussie.zone 42 points 7 months ago

I like this because the amount of bits in a stack can vary depending on whose foot you use to measure, or the thickness of the card stock.

[-] grozzle@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago

IBM standard cards are one 48th of a barleycorn thick. I believe IBM measured from the 1932 Iowa Reference Barleycorn, now kept in the vault inside Mt Rushmore.

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