NanoraptorMar 13

iso paper sizes are delicious: sides are 1:sqrt2 or about 1:1.414

A4 is 210x297mm

A4 folded in half is 148x210 or A5.

A3 is two A4s, or 297x420

go to A0 841x1189 or one square metre.

A-1 (A Minus One) is 2 square metres.

Australia is ~A-43

The visible universe ~A-179

A proton about A139.

A Quark? A151

Presumably A232 is one dimensional though, as it's planck length on the long edge.

Show threadTim ChaseMar 13

@NanoRaptor

> iso paper sizes are delicious

In contrast, US paper sizes are like licking a 9v battery

😛

Show threadBłażej KowalczykMar 13
@gumnos @NanoRaptor could not agree. Licking 9v could be a little entertaining. US formats are only pain .
Show threadTorf und SchneeMar 14
@koval_blazej @gumnos @NanoRaptor I am a bit shocked US-ians have 9V batteries. Shouldn't it have been something like degree edison equal to 0.3866437 V in the southern states and 0.395673 V in the northern ones except on the navy?
Show threadTim Chase

@torf

Ah, you mean batteries with the power of 1/8 of a rabid raccoon? If you prefer to measure in lemon-piles, that's 3/17ths of a rabid raccoon.

😆

(I mean, you're not inaccurate in your perceptions of US measurement insanity 😑 )

@koval_blazej @NanoRaptor

Mar 14 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadkabel42Mar 14
@gumnos @torf @koval_blazej @NanoRaptor it's still a 9 V battery but it's 18.335 Freedom Tinglies?
Show threadkabel42Mar 14
@gumnos @torf @koval_blazej @NanoRaptor
Canada meanwhile uses angry pixies as a unit that just happens to use the same scale by pure coincidence
Show threadTorf und SchneeMar 14
@gumnos @koval_blazej @NanoRaptor Ah, yeah, sorry, my brain percepts reality too much decimal...