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Re:The only flag of the world that is shredded by design by jaywalk on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:19AM (#30428991)
> the standard rectangle

Nepal, Switzerland and the Vatican City would like to have a word.

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Re:The only flag of the world that is shredded by design by perihelions on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:36AM (#30429195)
Even the "normal-looking" rectangles aren't even close to standardized:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aspect_ratios_of_natio... ("List of aspect ratios of national flags")

Some fun examples:

- Denmark, defined as the exact ratio 28:37

- Vanuatu, 19:36

- El Salvador, 189:335

- Togo, φ=(1+sqrt(5))/2

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Re:The only flag of the world that is shredded by design by toss1 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @11:09AM (#30429584)
Yup - need the full set first, then the bounding box of the superset for "the rectangle"

Then should they be centered, left-aligned, top-left aligned...??

The fun never ends

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