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Units finally defined!

JB
Jordan Brown
Thu, Jan 23, 2025 1:09 AM

Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us
to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD.

https://xkcd.com/3041/

Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD. https://xkcd.com/3041/
MM
Michael Möller
Thu, Jan 23, 2025 7:20 AM

I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to
meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side.

tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org>:

Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us to
finally define the units used in OpenSCAD.

https://xkcd.com/3041/


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I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side. tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org>: > Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us to > finally define the units used in OpenSCAD. > > https://xkcd.com/3041/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >
AC
Andreas Croci
Thu, Jan 23, 2025 5:16 PM

That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m?

On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote:

I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert
it to meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side.

tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss
discuss@lists.openscad.org:

 Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will
 allow us to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD.

 https://xkcd.com/3041/

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That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m? On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote: > I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert > it to meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side. > > tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss > <discuss@lists.openscad.org>: > > Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will > allow us to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD. > > https://xkcd.com/3041/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org
JD
John David
Thu, Jan 23, 2025 5:43 PM

Yea... I loved the one he did on Relativistic Baseball:
https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM Andreas Croci via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:

That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m?
On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote:

I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to
meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side.

tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org>:

Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us
to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD.

https://xkcd.com/3041/


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Yea... I loved the one he did on Relativistic Baseball: https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM Andreas Croci via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m? > On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote: > > I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to > meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side. > > tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss < > discuss@lists.openscad.org>: > >> Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us >> to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD. >> >> https://xkcd.com/3041/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >
MM
Michael Möller
Thu, Jan 23, 2025 10:13 PM

Yes. "roughly" the same to 3 decimals :-)

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 at 18:16, Andreas Croci via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:

That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m?
On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote:

I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to
meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side.

tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org>:

Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us
to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD.

https://xkcd.com/3041/


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Yes. "roughly" the same to 3 decimals :-) On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 at 18:16, Andreas Croci via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > That was a good one indeed. Did you get roughly 2.034 m? > On 23/01/2025 08:20, Michael Möller via Discuss wrote: > > I thought the 50 gal/ft² (#3038) was better. Took a while to convert it to > meter, and it was a normal ceilingheight, just on the low side. > > tors. 23. jan. 2025 02.10 skrev Jordan Brown via Discuss < > discuss@lists.openscad.org>: > >> Today's xkcd posting reveals an important discovery, that will allow us >> to finally define the units used in OpenSCAD. >> >> https://xkcd.com/3041/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >