• Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      121·
      7 months ago

      Comes out to 4350 sq ft, vs 40,000 for an acre. So, a tiny bit more than 0.1 acres, but not quite 0.11.

        • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          7 months ago

          Sigh, imperial measurements. I forgot it was 208x208’, I had calculated it at 200x200’.

          Seriously, imperial measurements are just awful.

          • pbbananaman@lemmy.world
            1·
            7 months ago

            If you don’t fight it and accept that imperial is designed with base 12 and not base 10, everything makes more sense. Measurements across all of imperial are to be cut into 12, 6, 4, 3, or 2.

            Sometime base 12 works really nicely, especially outside of a lab, when you want to be able to have as many options for division easily as possible.

              • pbbananaman@lemmy.world
                1·
                7 months ago

                I get that people like to be stubborn about this but there are very real and intuitive reasons that decimals don’t make sense everywhere. Consider how intuitive telling time using “kiloseconds” and decimals might be.

                The right tool needs to be used for the right job. I am a scientist. In the lab, metric is fantastic as it allows for precision recording and I don’t care about intuition.

                It’s not a point of pride to use one system over another. For example, in America we use both systems in the right contexts. I am happily able to fluidly switch between what’s most appropriate for the situation. I get that context/code switching is generally difficult but I think it’s an overall value add.

    • Fluke
      4·
      7 months ago

      Eyeballing looks like the house couldn’t be more than 18x30 feet, or ~540 sq ft. Probably less in reality. Tiny home territory. Smaller than most single wide trailer homes. The doors as drawn must be for hobbits. Fun picture just the same. I love the urban homestead explosion and hope it never stops.