aeharding@vger.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square434fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-down1message-squareIf you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be?aeharding@vger.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square434fedilinkfile-text
Fitted sheet must have label on bottom right seam Salted butter wrapping text must be red. Unsalted blue.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI assumed it was global… What do you use in the US?
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 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-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoThat sounds like a massive pain in the backside.
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™.