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minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-217 hours agoThe 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.
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoI would certainly hope so. I was personally crushed to find out that that it wasn’t as perfect as people seem to blindly think.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoI’ll always upvote Matt Parker
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoSolution: use bigger pieces of paper. EZ
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoYep. A0 for everything! It’s the only perfect size.
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.
My day is ruined
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.
I’ll always upvote Matt Parker
Solution: use bigger pieces of paper. EZ
Yep. A0 for everything! It’s the only perfect size.