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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Hey now, I can read...but, what's this A4 paper you speak of?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago
[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago

8/11.5

Not sure if a joke or an actual paper size

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Actually a size. More commonly referred to as "letter" sized. It's 8x11.5 inches, which is pretty close to A4, but it'll confuse printers if you mix the 2 up.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago

but it’ll confuse printers if you mix the 2 up.

So far all printers I've seen can switch between both. The real problem is your Writer/Word document, because after the slight reformatting it's now all over the place.

[-] Gordon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It's actually 8.5x11 not 8x11.5

[-] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 11 points 8 months ago

sips tea and extends pinky

Am I doing metric right?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago

Actually no, the Brits shit on us for it but by most approaches they're actually even worse than we are

The bruvs be usin' STONE out here and acting like they get to crack wise

[-] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 8 months ago

More Square root, you mean!

[-] Gordon@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You mean 8.5x11

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 0 points 8 months ago

You mean 8.5/11?

[-] UnityDevice@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

It's a size of paper with an aspect ratio of 1:√2, and the short edge that is 21cm long. The long edge will then be 21√2 = 29.7cm. The aspect ratio has the interesting property that it can be halved and doubled while remaining constant.

This has been your ISO fact of the day.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago
[-] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

ISO 7304-2:2008 defines a standard for cooking spaghetti. Subsection 3.9 "Completeness" closely resembles "al denté" but isn't true al denté; as 3.9 states "no white core visible" when a noodle is inspected crosswise with a razor blade. Al denté phase is sensed via the teeth for texture differential of the inner and outer part of a spaghetti. No agreement has been reached by international consortium of Italian food preparers and dentists as to which tooth is to be used. Thus, the standard must be reviewed every 5 years by sensory analysis.

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