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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

How do you measure things with wheels?

[–] cafeinux@infosec.pub 59 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Like if this side must be exactly 34 wheel revolutions long, you put a dent on the side of your wheel, you roll it in a straight line, and when your dent touches the ground for the 34th time, you just measured a length with a wheel.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Duh. My brain decided not to work today.

[–] don@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

Happens to all of us, friend.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

And the cool part is that you don't even need to measure the length of the wheel if you know the radius because you can do ✨MATHS✨

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A witch, a witch!

[–] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Build a bridge out of them!! (Then use a wheel to measure how long it is!!!)

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Huh, the more you know…

[–] Sanchokan@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago

You mark a point on the circumference and then make the wheel roll in the direction you want to measure while counting the times the mark passes the floor.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You roll it and count how many times you rolled it. Like how an odometer works in your car.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Would an odometer still work if I've got an air freshener in the car to deal with odor?

[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but only because of ancient alien mathematics

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's why it's called an Odo-meter.

[–] cophater69@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

insert Rene pictures here.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Very carefully.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Wheely carefully.