Posts tagged "interesting"
  1. Comments / 2 months ago 

    Humbling video showing a size comparison of a few planets and stars with known size. When I get reminded of how small we and the earth are my heart starts to beat faster and I feel weight on my shoulders, I can’t be the only one.

  2. Comments / 3 months ago 
    I saw this diagram about the international standard for paper sizes (ISO 216) and it suddenly clicked.  I thought the sizes in mm always looked quite arbitrary but it is all based on the square meter.  Once again, I find the US is off on its own with a standard that isn’t compatible with the rest of the world and based around some arbitrary unit. From Wikipedia: “The international paper size standard, ISO 216, is based on the German DIN 476 standard for paper sizes. ISO paper sizes are all based on a single aspect ratio of square root of 2, or approximately 1:1.4142. The base format is a sheet of paper measuring 1 m² in area (A0 paper size). Successive paper sizes in the series A1, A2, A3, and so forth, are defined by halving the preceding paper size. The most frequently used paper size is A4 (210 × 297 mm).”

    I saw this diagram about the international standard for paper sizes (ISO 216) and it suddenly clicked.  I thought the sizes in mm always looked quite arbitrary but it is all based on the square meter.  Once again, I find the US is off on its own with a standard that isn’t compatible with the rest of the world and based around some arbitrary unit.

    From Wikipedia:

    “The international paper size standard, ISO 216, is based on the German DIN 476 standard for paper sizes. ISO paper sizes are all based on a single aspect ratio of square root of 2, or approximately 1:1.4142. The base format is a sheet of paper measuring 1 m² in area (A0 paper size). Successive paper sizes in the series A1, A2, A3, and so forth, are defined by halving the preceding paper size. The most frequently used paper size is A4 (210 × 297 mm).”

     
  3. Comments / 3 months ago 

    A thought provoking video about social media with a barrage of statistics.  The world is getting smaller and the online space is getting bigger everyday, but you already knew that.  Now time to grab a piece for myself…

  4. Comments / 3 months ago 
    Well done infographic about coffee.  I love this stuff.  I finally figured out where “my drink” the americano gets its name from as well and it is fitting.

    Well done infographic about coffee.  I love this stuff.  I finally figured out where “my drink” the americano gets its name from as well and it is fitting.

     
  5. Comments / 4 months ago 
    Why does every country have a different effing power plug?

    Great article on why the world has not and probably will not migrate to a universal (earthal?) standard for voltage, frequency, and plug for factor.

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