aeharding@vger.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1message-squareIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?aeharding@vger.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square208fedilinkfile-text
Fitted sheet must have label on bottom right seam Salted butter wrapping text must be red. Unsalted blue.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·4 months agoInternational standard paper sizes (A4 etc.) in the U.S.
minus-square_edge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoMetric units aka SI units aka sanity
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoI assumed it was global… What do you use in the US?
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·4 months 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-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months 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.