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RainHat wrote: Just switch everyone to Newtons and be done with it.
Or to Einsteins for relative units
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I'd just like to say "Litres, gallons, pints, cubic centimetres" - which, I think, speaks volumes.
(coat on, door closing behind me ...)
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The basic lumber for building here in the US is called a "2 by 4" -- a piece of wood (usually pine) that many years ago was 2 inches by 4 inches by some length (such as 8 feet long).
Today that piece of wood in a lumber yard is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches by some length. Not sure why the size shrunk other than saving a few dollars for the lumber mill.
As a typically uninformed American, what is the basic equivalent piece of lumber elsewhere in the world?
These are the deep questions retirement allows me to ponder.
Best wishes from Minnesota - Craig
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In much of the rest of the world, people no longer build with wood - it's either too expensive or subject to conservation laws. As you pointed out, even in the US they have reduced the amount of lumber going into a house by going from a 2"x4" standard to 1.5"x3.5". They may use more yards of lumber to compensate for the reduced structural strength, but I'm certain that less lumber is needed overall.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Also in Sweden wood used to be sawn into lumber measured in inches with 2 by 4 being the most common. The old Swedish inch was 24.5 mm instead of the 25.4 mm used in the US though.
Going metric these measures became 50 by 100 mm instead. But these measures were the green wood and raw sawn. After drying it shrinks a bit.
The wood sold nowadays is usually planed or surfaced some way shrinking the size a bit more, so the standard 2 by 4 is actually measuring 45X95 mm.
Some googling gives that the same story applies also for the US, 2 by 4 (1½X3½) are 38X89mm after drying, green measures are 40X90mm
Seems like US saw mills are actually working in metric until the wood goes on sale.
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Y
eah, it would be for a time. After spending over a decade in a country using meters and kilos, I
can handle either system.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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The question is: Are you willing to abandon one of them?
Does your answer depend on which one of them?
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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I sent this message to the CP Webmaster a week ago
My ISP reset my Modem yesterday not sure if that is the issue
I have not seen any feed in my In Box since 9/1/24
I can login if I go to the website. NO ISSUES
Did something change ?
Suggestions Appreciated
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If you like snipers, Epic has "Sniper Ghost Warrior contracts" for free by 12th of september (2 days more)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Does it run on Linux and a toaster oven? I can't game unless it's on a toaster oven.
Jeremy Falcon
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I hear that Steam runs on Linux. Have you ever tried Steam?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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That would be a kettle, not a toaster oven. I can see where the confusion would come in here 
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Plus, would you really want to play a game on / with Talkie Toaster[^]?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I installed it once but then uninstalled it on Linux. It was just too much for me. Like I have a PS5 and Switch, so if I get the itch to play Mario or something I'll just use those.
Although, recently while on my latest Linux kick I did install Albion Online on my laptop, but my character sucks in it because ya know... Zig ain't gonna learn itself and homeboy needs his Node app to run faster. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Nope, Google says: Quote: Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Nvidia Geforce Now, Xbox One
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Always check protondb.com to find out if it runs on steam.
The full Sniper Ghost Warrior series runs on Linux.
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Nice... gaming and toasting... the good life.
Jeremy Falcon
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But but... toasters?
Jeremy Falcon
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I dunno - the frame rate is going to be sh*t ... 0.008 FPS ... ouch.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I don't like snipers.
As a matter of fact, I do my best to hide from them.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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The site keeps telling me their DB is timing out, when I try to login.
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He was just trying to make ents meet.
I...'l...l... g...e...t... m...y... c...o...a...t...
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Coat! Now!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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That's where having a "morning wood" comes from.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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He should do alright, after all he put the fun back in dysfunctional.
To warm for a coat but I have my sandals laid out.
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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