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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by kalleboo on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:58AM (#32722442)
Everywhere I've lived people also discuss display sizes in inches despite everything else being metric.
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by sgjohnson on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:23AM (#32722647)
And air conditioners. Even on mainland Europe they are mostly advertised in BTUs.
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by xxs on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:12AM (#32722553)
display sizes are in inches everywhere (like in the world) indeed - mostly b/c they are produced in such a way...
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