Comment on Imperial Wastes So Much Time
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoI am not arguing it isn’t nice, just that labeling it metric is a misnomer. The 1:√2 ratio doesn’t have any inherent connection to the metric system.
Comment on Imperial Wastes So Much Time
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoI am not arguing it isn’t nice, just that labeling it metric is a misnomer. The 1:√2 ratio doesn’t have any inherent connection to the metric system.
davidgro@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“A0 is defined so that it has an area of 1 m^2 (11 sq ft) before rounding to the nearest 1 millimetre (0.039 in).”
There’s a connection, but after that it’s base 1/2 instead of base 10 (or 1/10). So A4 is ~1/16 m^2