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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 110 points 8 months ago (15 children)

Easy. Take a wire that is exactly 1 meter long. Form a circle from the wire. The circumference of that circle is 1 meter.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago (11 children)

"exactly"

uh huh. and how are you measuring that?

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now the engineers and/or scientists are crying

[–] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Scientists maybe, engineering is all about calling things close enough.

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