▲ 718 ▼ Hey Canada, just wanted to let you know there's alternatives. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.world 149 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago* (6 children) The A standard is not as perfect as you might think. Because the paper manufacturers round that perfect root 2 down to a whole integer in size every time, there is accumulated error in every size. You might not notice a millimeter or two on an A1, but as the size of the paper gets smaller, the error gets bigger because of the rounding. permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago It really doesn't matter in practice. Important part is that you can fold A4 into A5 permalink fedilink source parent [–] ftbd@feddit.org 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) My day is ruined permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I would certainly hope so. I was personally crushed to find out that that it wasn't as perfect as people seem to blindly think. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cordyceps@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago I do not have time to get into the video so i'm sorry if this is mentioned, but do printers have an error margin to deal with this? permalink fedilink source parent [–] yistdaj@pawb.social 1 point 1 day ago I wonder what it would take to make paper with more precise measurements, say to the nearest 100 micrometres. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works [S] 5 points 2 days ago I'll always upvote Matt Parker permalink fedilink source parent [–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Solution: use bigger pieces of paper. EZ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago Yep. A0 for everything! It's the only perfect size. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago It really doesn't matter in practice. Important part is that you can fold A4 into A5 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ftbd@feddit.org 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) My day is ruined permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I would certainly hope so. I was personally crushed to find out that that it wasn't as perfect as people seem to blindly think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I would certainly hope so. I was personally crushed to find out that that it wasn't as perfect as people seem to blindly think. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cordyceps@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago I do not have time to get into the video so i'm sorry if this is mentioned, but do printers have an error margin to deal with this? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 1 point 1 day ago I wonder what it would take to make paper with more precise measurements, say to the nearest 100 micrometres. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works [S] 5 points 2 days ago I'll always upvote Matt Parker permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Solution: use bigger pieces of paper. EZ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago Yep. A0 for everything! It's the only perfect size. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago Yep. A0 for everything! It's the only perfect size. permalink fedilink source parent
