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What people don't realize is that these levels are built with a barely-perceptible curve to match the shape of the Earth.

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0x4E4Freply
sh.itjust.works

See, this is why I post stupid shit like this. One, for the comments, and two, for info like this. Thank you kind stranger 👍 ☺️.

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kbin.social

Just in case you are serious (can’t say for sure on internet) - he wasn’t.

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lemmy.world

A level would have to be unwieldy large before it would have to account for that. Thats completely made up.

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As Gandalf said:
"If you compare an Ant to a Level, a Human will go its whole life thinking the Earth is flat."

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sh.itjust.works

It still makes me laugh all our building's paths and stuff like that are judged by a floating air bubble in a coloured liquid.

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The Bartoreply
sh.itjust.works

Unless your building or infrastructure was built after they became a thing, everything else, air bubble.

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Any spirit level is simply a measure of its tangent with centre of mass of the earth on its plane. I can use the same technique to prove a tennis ball is flat, I can prove thin air is flat….

Woahhh…. What if, everything is flat…. Duuuuude.

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lemmy.today

Well, that settles that I guess. Let’s argue about politics or religion instead…

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lemmy.today

Can you spare a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

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I think this just means that they installed earth on a good angle.

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@0x4E4F have you finally repented, or are you exhibiting your ignorance?

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