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minus-squareniph [she/her]hexbear4•2 months agoI recently found out about the “acre foot” as a volumetric measurement and instantly died at the stupidity link
minus-squaregaycomputeruser [she/her]hexbear3•2 months agoNa that makes perfect sense for what i assume to be the intended use - measuring the amount of soil you have. link
minus-squareniph [she/her]hexbear1•2 months agoIt would, except.. they use it to measure the amount of water in swimming pools. link
minus-squareniph [she/her]hexbear1•2 months agoYeah my metricpilled brain instantly noped out when I found that out link
minus-square@roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear2•edit-22 months agoI've also heard it used in relation to water rights. For example, sometime has the right to extract a certain number of acre-feet from a stream over some amount of time. linkfedilink
I recently found out about the “acre foot” as a volumetric measurement and instantly died at the stupidity
Na that makes perfect sense for what i assume to be the intended use - measuring the amount of soil you have.
It would, except.. they use it to measure the amount of water in swimming pools.
What!!!!???!??
Yeah my metricpilled brain instantly noped out when I found that out
I've also heard it used in relation to water rights. For example, sometime has the right to extract a certain number of acre-feet from a stream over some amount of time.