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minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhen sharpening knives, with practice you can tell when you are done by sliding your fingertips along (not across) the sharpened bevel. It’s possible to feel imperfections measured in micrometers this way.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf the earth were shrank down to the size of a golf ball, you could feel houses.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat seems wildly unnecessary. I can already feel houses.
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When sharpening knives, with practice you can tell when you are done by sliding your fingertips along (not across) the sharpened bevel. It’s possible to feel imperfections measured in micrometers this way.
If the earth were shrank down to the size of a golf ball, you could feel houses.
That seems wildly unnecessary. I can already feel houses.