@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 11 days agoIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?message-square438fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-down1message-squareIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 11 days agomessage-square438fedilinkfile-text
Fitted sheet must have label on bottom right seam Salted butter wrapping text must be red. Unsalted blue.
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish65•11 days agoInternational standard paper sizes (A4 etc.) in the U.S.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•10 days agoI assumed it was global… What do you use in the US?
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish20•10 days agoA pretty-much arbitrary system based on a standard letter size of 8.5 in x 11 in, with multiples and fractions thereof. It lacks the critical √2 aspect ratio, so pages designed for one size have the wrong proportions when scaled up or down.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•10 days agoThat sounds like a massive pain in the backside.
International standard paper sizes (A4 etc.) in the U.S.
Metric units aka SI units aka sanity
I assumed it was global… What do you use in the US?
A pretty-much arbitrary system based on a standard letter size of 8.5 in x 11 in, with multiples and fractions thereof. It lacks the critical √2 aspect ratio, so pages designed for one size have the wrong proportions when scaled up or down.
That sounds like a massive pain in the backside.
No, it promotes Freedom™.