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On A4 Paper Stories

casparvitch wrote:

Now we just need a simple mnemonic for the fourth root of 2!

08 Jan 2026 10:14 UTC | #1 of 2 comments

Alistair Lattimore wrote:

I've wondered about why paper sizes were named that way many times in the past but never looked into it. This was a perfect example and I loved the addition of the math along the way to make it clear what was happening. Is there a similar story about why letter sized paper exists?

23 Feb 2026 20:16 UTC | #2 of 2 comments