abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHey Canada, just wanted to let you know there's alternatives.brilliantmaps.comimagemessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoFun fact: ISO paper sizes are a transposition of German DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) sizes. The German’s obsession for standards is their main usefulness to humanity.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI dunno… I feel like I’ve dealt with enough German machinery and bureaucracy for 3 lifetimes. Their “obsession” for standards is only for the standard of making everything 10 times more complicated than it needs to be.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoTheir greatest usefullness, not “main”. Some people would much rather have bratwurst than a4 paper.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI spend all year waiting for fest style beers, so yeah they’ve got a few great ideas
Fun fact: ISO paper sizes are a transposition of German DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) sizes.
The German’s obsession for standards is their main usefulness to humanity.
I dunno… I feel like I’ve dealt with enough German machinery and bureaucracy for 3 lifetimes.
Their “obsession” for standards is only for the standard of making everything 10 times more complicated than it needs to be.
Their greatest usefullness, not “main”. Some people would much rather have bratwurst than a4 paper.
I spend all year waiting for fest style beers, so yeah they’ve got a few great ideas