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There is no standard that I'm aware of. On a related note, if I had a dollar (or a Euro) for every US problem that the Germans solved long ago through straight

There is no standard that I'm aware of. On a related note, if I had a dollar (or a Euro) for every US problem that the Germans solved long ago through straight thinking, I'd have enough money to move to Germany.

munificent 9y ago
> for every US problem that the Germans solved long ago through straight thinking Sad that we apparently need to add "outlawing Nazis" to that list now.
bdamm 9y ago
Have you talked to some Germans about how "straight thinking" they think their country is? When you don't get to see the sausage made it looks good but peel pack the process a bit and you'll see that there are still very significant issues. Note: I have huge respect for German society and governance.
vidarh 9y ago
The standards for paper and envelope sizes [1] are so ingrained in me that it's almost like metric vs. imperial. They're ISO standards, though based on German standards, and being able to instantly know roughly how big a paper size is, is very convenient. E.g. A4 almost the size of US Letter, but from there we know if you take an A4 sheet, turn it 90 degrees and puts another one above it in the same orientation, you have A3. Repeat for A2 and so on. Or fold an A4 in half and you have A6. Meanwhile an A4 sheet will fit in a B4 or C4 envelope without being folded, or in a B5 or C5 envelope folded in half... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#International_paper_sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#International_paper...
dsfyu404ed 9y ago
If I had a dollar for every problem the Germans introduce by over-thinking current problems I could drive a German luxury car (that is old enough to not still be under warranty).
- cr0sh 9y ago
  > I could drive a German luxury car ...and then your mechanic will curse you for having a vehicle that is insanely difficult (and expensive) to repair (hang out on /r/justrolledintotheshop for a little while to see what I mean - "service position" anybody? Or what about the carnage to fix a simple heater core?)...
  - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
    Service position is a Volvo thing IIRC. Reddit has an Toyota fetish which I find pretty intolerable.

munificent 9y ago

> for every US problem that the Germans solved long ago through straight thinking Sad that we apparently need to add "outlawing Nazis" to that list now.

bdamm 9y ago

Have you talked to some Germans about how "straight thinking" they think their country is? When you don't get to see the sausage made it looks good but peel pack the process a bit and you'll see that there are still very significant issues. Note: I have huge respect for German society and governance.

vidarh 9y ago

The standards for paper and envelope sizes [1] are so ingrained in me that it's almost like metric vs. imperial. They're ISO standards, though based on German standards, and being able to instantly know roughly how big a paper size is, is very convenient. E.g. A4 almost the size of US Letter, but from there we know if you take an A4 sheet, turn it 90 degrees and puts another one above it in the same orientation, you have A3. Repeat for A2 and so on. Or fold an A4 in half and you have A6. Meanwhile an A4 sheet will fit in a B4 or C4 envelope without being folded, or in a B5 or C5 envelope folded in half... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#International_paper_sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#International_paper...

dsfyu404ed 9y ago

If I had a dollar for every problem the Germans introduce by over-thinking current problems I could drive a German luxury car (that is old enough to not still be under warranty).

cr0sh 9y ago
> I could drive a German luxury car ...and then your mechanic will curse you for having a vehicle that is insanely difficult (and expensive) to repair (hang out on /r/justrolledintotheshop for a little while to see what I mean - "service position" anybody? Or what about the carnage to fix a simple heater core?)...
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  Service position is a Volvo thing IIRC. Reddit has an Toyota fetish which I find pretty intolerable.