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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months 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-up9·2 months 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-squareKennystillalive@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoFun fact, there is a standard butt & a standard shit accoding to the DIN.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoTheir greatest usefullness, not “main”. Some people would much rather have bratwurst than a4 paper.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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.
Fun fact, there is a standard butt & a standard shit accoding to the DIN.
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