#3149: Measure Twice, Cut Once

XKCD comic, described below.
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a caption saying "measure twice cut once -carpentry proverb" with boxes around twice and once

[a scatter plot with x and y axis labeled number of cuts and number of measurements respectively, under the caption, with labels.]

on the scatter plot lies 6 differently labelled points:

surveyor: very high number of measurements, no cuts

surgeon: high number of measurements, almost middling number of cuts

good carpenter: middling number of measurements, same number of cuts as surgeon

careless carpenter: a number of measurements slightly lower than the good carpenter, same number of cuts as good carpenter

really bad carpenter: low number of measurements, high number of cuts

serial killer: no measurements, very high number of cuts


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is


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