Talk:3149: Measure Twice, Cut Once - Revision history

NeatNit: sawing = one cut

2025-10-14T17:38:34Z

sawing = one cut

81.179.195.93 at 19:05, 6 October 2025

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208.38.240.15: surgery is more complex than randall makes it out to be.

2025-10-06T14:59:56Z

surgery is more complex than randall makes it out to be.

82.13.184.33 at 08:13, 6 October 2025

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47.141.47.226: None of you deserve it

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None of you deserve it

81.179.195.93 at 18:19, 4 October 2025

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81.179.195.93 at 18:38, 3 October 2025

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TimBav: Professions who cut.

2025-10-03T13:18:33Z

Professions who cut.

Fomalhaut at 11:37, 3 October 2025

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82.13.184.33 at 08:23, 3 October 2025

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 [[User:TimBav|TimBav]] ([[User talk:TimBav|talk]]) 13:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
 : Barbers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yEz8g12fg basically ''are'' serial killers]... (Or, as it turns out, lumberjacks, who cut cut cut.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93|81.179.195.93]] 18:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
 Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
 Laproscopic surgery requires many cuts, and I'm not sure, but I think many surgeries require an initial cut to get to the problem and other cuts to fix the problem.  Sometimes there are multiple problems requiring multiple cuts (such as in a shooting where the holes need operation.  I suppose that could be called multiple surgeries....  But serial killing could be multiple tasks as well. {{unsigned|208.38.240.15|14:59, 6 October 2025}}

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	Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)		Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

−	Laproscopic surgery requires many cuts, and I'm not sure, but I think many surgeries require an initial cut to get to the problem and other cuts to fix the problem. Sometimes there are multiple problems requiring multiple cuts (such as in a shooting where the holes need operation. I suppose that could be called multiple surgeries.... But serial killing could be multiple tasks as well.	+	Laproscopic surgery requires many cuts, and I'm not sure, but I think many surgeries require an initial cut to get to the problem and other cuts to fix the problem. Sometimes there are multiple problems requiring multiple cuts (such as in a shooting where the holes need operation. I suppose that could be called multiple surgeries.... But serial killing could be multiple tasks as well. {{unsigned\|208.38.240.15\|14:59, 6 October 2025}}

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	Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)		Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Laproscopic surgery requires many cuts, and I'm not sure, but I think many surgeries require an initial cut to get to the problem and other cuts to fix the problem. Sometimes there are multiple problems requiring multiple cuts (such as in a shooting where the holes need operation. I suppose that could be called multiple surgeries.... But serial killing could be multiple tasks as well.

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 * Gardener: probably about the same as barbers; more actual measurement likely.
 * Film director: Mostly 'cut', I think.
- [[User:TimBav|TimBav]] ([[User talk:TimBav|talk]]) 13:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
+[[User:TimBav|TimBav]] ([[User talk:TimBav|talk]]) 13:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
 : Barbers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yEz8g12fg basically ''are'' serial killers]... (Or, as it turns out, lumberjacks, who cut cut cut.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93|81.179.195.93]] 18:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
 Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

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 Measure once, shame on you. Cut twice, shame on me!
 [[User:StapleFreeBatteries|StapleFreeBatteries]] ([[User talk:StapleFreeBatteries|talk]]) 00:57, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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	: Barbers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yEz8g12fg basically ''are'' serial killers]... (Or, as it turns out, lumberjacks, who cut cut cut.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)		: Barbers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yEz8g12fg basically ''are'' serial killers]... (Or, as it turns out, lumberjacks, who cut cut cut.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Here's [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/631568.stm an exception to the 'Surgeon' category]. And [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59954321 another similar one], though not with a physical cutting device. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:19, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

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	* Film director: Mostly 'cut', I think.		* Film director: Mostly 'cut', I think.
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		+	: Barbers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yEz8g12fg basically ''are'' serial killers]... (Or, as it turns out, lumberjacks, who cut cut cut.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

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	My favorite option: "Measure never, cut forever!" Heard Bec Hill say this on the podcast A Problem Squared (don't ask me which episode). Couldn't find much about it online so for all I know she came up with it. It's catchy! --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 20:06, 2 October 2025 (UTC)		My favorite option: "Measure never, cut forever!" Heard Bec Hill say this on the podcast A Problem Squared (don't ask me which episode). Couldn't find much about it online so for all I know she came up with it. It's catchy! --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 20:06, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
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		+	What about other professions or trades? Is it the number of cuts or number of things cut? Is sawing a series of cuts or just one cut?
		+	* Barber: if comparing hair length counts as measuring, about 1:1 to 1:3 measure:cut ratio, since they sometimes snip-snip-snip a line of hair they're holding between two fingers. If measuring excludes estimating, then they're way to the right of serial killers. Do clippers count as cutting?
		+	* Gardener: probably about the same as barbers; more actual measurement likely.
		+	* Film director: Mostly 'cut', I think.
		+	[[User:TimBav\|TimBav]] ([[User talk:TimBav\|talk]]) 13:18, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

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 :Are you saying my wall with studs just butt ended atop one another isn't good enough? Oh, fine then, I'll go add some bracing and maybe nails. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 11:07, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
 ::PLEASE STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME!!!! --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:DollarStoreBa'al|<span style="color:#000080">converse</span>]]</sup> 13:08, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
 Somewhat disappointed there's no joke about quantum mechanics, even in the title text. I guess figuring out how to fit the uncertainty principle here is left as exercise to the reader? [[Special:Contributions/164.90.218.225|164.90.218.225]] 10:44, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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 About the title text, would the carpenter have to look or otherwise measure the wood to assume it's fine? Measure once, cut 0 times. {{unsigned|L0L0Z1993|15:19, 2 October 2025}}
-[https://xkcd.com/467/ two measures one cut]
+[https://xkcd.com/467/ two measures one cut] [[Special:Contributions/2A0E:1D47:9098:3800:1126:180F:44A0:E826|2A0E:1D47:9098:3800:1126:180F:44A0:E826]] 18:07, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
 Isn't this the 20th anniversary of XKCD? Strange that Randall wouldn't make a special comic! [[Special:Contributions/92.92.106.219|92.92.106.219]] 18:27, 2 October 2025 (UTC)