rule_and_line comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

88 Post author: Yvain 26 October 2014 06:05PM

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Comment author: rule_and_line 23 October 2014 05:46:38PM 47 points [-]

Done! Wish I had had a scanner handy going in, I'm curious about the digit ratio.

Comment author: Elund 26 October 2014 10:02:18PM 0 points [-]

I think it should be fine to just hold a ruler up to your finger. The only potential problem might be that the highest tip of your finger wouldn't actually touch the ruler, but if you don't want to estimate by sight you can hold another flat surface perpendicular to it to see where that touches the ruler. I get consistent measurements this way.