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[–] i_am_a_cardboard_box@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Fuck that scale bar though. The decimal separator makes it look like the human hair is 10cm thick.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Also - trailing zeros after the decimal serve no purpose but to define precision. With the resolution of the image, there's no way the bar is precise to 1/100,000 of its width.

Sig Figs matter.

[–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

The decimal separator makes it look like the human hair is 10cm thick.

That one facial hair that is thicker than the others.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago

I saw that. I almost didn't post this because of it. I used to work with a lot of maps, so something like that makes the lizard part of my brain rage.