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I recently found out Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda) likes to carry a tape measure around with him, guess how big things are, and measure them to check how close he was (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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I've started doing the same thing and it's a lot of fun 📏

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[–] 112 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    go over it with an erasable white board marker and then wipe it down. should work on that surface.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Wanted to recommend the same. Something I learned on the job and it has saved me and some colleagues a few times.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Or just cut out the middleman and use isopropyl alcohol, which is what you're doing with the marker anyway, but without adding the extra ink.

    Basically the same stuff as that whiteboard cleaning fluid.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This. Also methanol, but I'd much rather use isopropanol. I know higher proof (>70 %/140 proof) ethanol also works.

    But isopropyl is the best/easiest. Just don't drink it....or methanol at that.

    Also anhydrous ethanol ~99 % ethanol, as it contains benzene or other things you don't want to consume.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I was with a friend at Home Depot and I asked if he thought a piece of wood I was holding was a foot long.

    Friend: Let me just whip it out real fast.

    Me: What are you going to do? Measure it 12 times?

    That was 20 years ago and we still laugh about it today.

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