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by vundercind 752 days ago
Handegg, because there’s an actual standard size for them.

Which is a worse decision for a sport but makes them better for measurement.

Soccer’s trying to make their sport worse by standardizing, but they’re not there yet.

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It will be more appealing to nerds when they could say "transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom"
The number of atomic transitions a cesium 133 atom makes when fired across a football field at the speed of sound.
... in dry air at STP.
Which handegg field size though? There is not just one standard. I think we should use the Canadian size, since they created it.