This is like saying “the physicist’s answer would have errors because they measured the ball and then stuck it in an oven. The volume of the ball in the oven is different than what they measured.”

[–] untorquer@quokk.au 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No it's more like the physicist tried to use boiling water to measure it

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Using boiling water is still fine, the measurement will work, your comment literally only is a problem if they don’t measure in time. So yes, it’s exactly like sticking it in an oven and not measuring at the same time

[–] untorquer@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago

Fair, if you do account for the change in water volume over time then you could maintain accuracy, but also good luck reading the meniscus.