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Watch Toyota's robot set a new world record sinking an 80-foot (25-meter) basketball shot like it's nothing (electrek.co)
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[โ€“] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Futurology

Uses a measurement in the headline that's so outdated, it means nothing to 97% of people ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Added conversion in the title :)

[โ€“] BearGun@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"means nothing" is quite the overstatement, i think most people who don't use it have a general idea of approximately how much a foot is.

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I genuinely don't know what you're saying

[โ€“] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That'll be the cuts to your education budgets

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Ha. I still have no idea what you meant. Are you complaining about "feet" as a unit of measurement? I thought the UK still uses feet in their unholy mishmash of imperial, metric, and wherever "stone" as a unit of weight came from.