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2020-06-24, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Are the various paper sizes REALLY on that ratio?
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2020-06-24, 01:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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The A series of paper sizes has a longer side about square root of 2 times the shorter side. The golden ratio is about 1.6. American paper sizes (e.g. 8.5 x 11") are closer to 1.3. Near as I can figure, most paper sizes are related by a simple doubling/halving (i.e. A1 is an A0 cut in half).
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2020-06-24, 01:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-06-24, 05:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, if you substract a square off a golden rectangle (one side is the phi times as long as the other) you get another golden rectangle. Which is often illustrated with a spiral.
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2020-06-24, 06:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-06-24, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Golden rectangles are somehow very pleasing to the eye and often used in cards or for some doorframe.
It’s absolutely everywhere in the Parthenon, which is why the symbol of the golden ratio is the Greek letter phi, the first letter of the name of the architect, Phidias.
Interestingly the sequence formed by dividing each Fibonacci number by the previous one tends toward the golden ratio. Given the prevalence of Fibonacci numbers in nature (such as the average petal number of many flower species) it is sometimes called ‘the divine proportion’.Forum Wisdom
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2020-06-24, 07:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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The "Golden Ratio" shows up in unit conversions, too! 1.6 km / mile! See, it's everywhere!
Just kidding. I mean, yes, a mile is about 1.6 km (1.609,344 to be a bit more precise), but the Golden Ratio is approximately 1.618,034. To my knowledge, there is no other connection between them.Warhammer 40,000 Campaign Skirmish Game: Warpstrike
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2020-06-24, 07:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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It would require the earth to be just a little smaller
And, it's a great definitive proof that the earth is not created perfect by god, or else it would be an exact match :-)
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2020-06-25, 12:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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It looks too square, so you'd end up with a relatively small paper size if you don't want to stretch out the width, where increasing the width too much makes it harder to go from line to line. If the main series did correspond to the remainder triangles the gaps would be too big, but even without that there's no size relation at which you can make a small booklet by folding the medium paper (or create a large image by printing out multiple mediums). I'll stick to the A series thanks.
Or the mile to be a little longer. But sure, let's go with your solution.Last edited by Lvl 2 Expert; 2020-06-25 at 12:33 AM.
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2020-06-29, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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More weird powers by this guy.
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2020-07-01, 01:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh my. ExplainXkcd can document most of those 5 word stews, and can even explain the meaning of the one that isn't google matched.
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2020-07-07, 07:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Naturally, the universal rating scale goes up to 11 :-).
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2020-07-09, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-14, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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https://xkcd.com/2332/
I find this one personally amusing because I went to IKEA to buy a desk chair yesterday, and came home to find that this comic was posted while I was there. Clearly I can see the future.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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2020-07-15, 02:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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$2500? What a ripoff! Some other person was offering me one that goes to 12 for only $2000.
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2020-07-15, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Kantaki; 2020-07-15 at 04:14 PM.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2020-07-17, 02:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-17, 03:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2020-07-17, 07:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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2020-07-17, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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This COVID Risk Chart is totally unrealistic! There are plenty of non-COVID-19 risks you can encounter while staying at home. Like the serial killer hiding under you couch! Come to think of it they could also give you COVID-19.
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2020-07-17, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Sometimes Randall is funny. Lately, not so much. He has been coming to the "death plague 2020 will kill us all to death" well far too much. I'm sure someone could tell me how many comics about it he has done, but it feels like he has used it as the basis of the joke for the last 2 months straight.
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2020-07-17, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Going by explain xkcd about thirty.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2020-07-17, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have no doubt that it's very much occupying his mind, and this is probably one of his outlets. Can be hard to be funny about other things if something's casting a shadow.
The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2020-07-17, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-07-20, 12:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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I do remember the CPS 2000. I had one of the things; 5-year-old me couldn't fire it at full pressure without risking falling over from the recoil. The thing was the 50 cal of water guns.
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2020-08-14, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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So that 26 second noise signal in seismometers is real.
And it's not just a 26 second signal:
“We have some very bizarre observations that we’re still trying to figure out,” says Euler, of his initial data. “One is the signal is at longer periods than we’d expected. It has multiple peaks in frequency — it ‘hums’ at 28 seconds, as well as 26 seconds. It’s really, really strong during some particular times that correlate with storms at sea.
“Another observation is that the signal shifts its location with frequency. The source of the 28-second period band is about 300 kilometers from the 26-second source, which is essentially at Mount Cameroon.”
So ... yea, learn something new from XKCD on a regular basis.
Euler wandered into the field of seismic noise in 2007 when he found consistent spikes in noise from one of 32 different seismic stations in Cameroon. The spikes turned out to correspond with joyous, celebratory foot-stomping of Cameroon’s avid soccer fans at various cities after goals were scored or key plays made during the African Cup of Nations games in 2006.Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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2020-08-15, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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That has already been done.
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2020-08-16, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-17, 02:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Exactly. We know from the dinosaur-impact meteor that a large impact causes a "bell ringing" effect at the other end of the planet which can trigger volcanoes.
So, you kill 90+% of the population from evacuation, and the rest suffer a massive volcano explosion.Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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2020-08-17, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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