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  • There are actually B, C and D formats with the same properties, just scaled up or down slightly if you need something in between, for example B4 is basically A3.5, C4 is A3.75 and D4 is A4.25 if you plug it into the power-of-2 formula. (Later, C and D were removed because very few people used the quarter-steps.)


  • Yes, and many are very old. Like 1920-ish old. So they slightly update them and invalidate those that become public domain. They are systematically milking standards for money and making it harder to enter industries legitimately. Maybe more money-burning start-ups and their investors would care about standards if the red tape wasn’t behind a paywall. Now they just wing it and hope to IPO before their violations cause loss of life a public image problem.











  • You actually have multiple options. They all work for posts and comments.

    • ⋮ / View Source
    • Reply (above the text field, the source of the parent post/comment is visible and selectable)
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    How did you not notice? Also, it’s expected behavior that you can’t just copy text from the comment view, and making ot work with rendered Markdown would be difficult.



  • Professional Mornington Crescent player

    Explanation for people not familiar with the Radio 4 game show:

    The game consists of each panellist in turn announcing a landmark or street, most often a London tube station. The ostensible aim is to be the first to announce “Mornington Crescent”. Interspersed with the turns is humorous discussion amongst the panellists and host regarding the rules and legality of each move, as well as the strategy the panellists are using. The actual aim of the game is to entertain the other participants and listeners with amusing discussion of the fictional rules and strategies.

    Yes, you can play the obvious trump card on turn 1 and win but where’s the fun in that?