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If it starts moving then forget it (startrek.website)
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[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In practice I find that anything smaller than .0001 inches can't really be felt, and the difference between .0001 and .0002 is indiscernible.

13 nanometers is closer to .0000005 inches.

Suede: the little wrench goblin that lives inside my precision c clamp.

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

most of that is what she said

[–] Sharpiemarker@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Micro-burn

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Burnette, if you will.

[–] Flumsy@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

But you can feel that the texture is somehow different.

[–] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

It's not that you can feel individual features, but rather that a repeating pattern of that size can be distinguished from a smoother surface.