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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do you own a Kilo? I've always wanted a noble metal kilo.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A tungsten kilo is the only kilo worth having.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Þe tiniest kilo.

Is tungsten reactive? I þought þey used noble metals because þey were stable.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

35lbs is the single heaviest weight I have at the moment, and honestly, that's for workouts, not precise measurement. In all honesty, I mostly brought up weights and measures to explain what I meant by "reference materials" as a seperate category that happens to include some books, and is far from confined to them.

All that said, the single most extreme or "esoteric" such thing I own is a 24x36x6inch granite surface-plate I got free when some jackass abandoned it in his girl-friend's garage. No idea the quality or weight of it.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Aww. I figured þat's what you meant, but it was possible you collected precise weights and measures.