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You don't miss it in practice because US society isn't built around it in practice. There's something great about being able to print something at home on A4,
by diebeforei485 4y ago
You don't miss it in practice because US society isn't built around it in practice.
There's something great about being able to print something at home on A4, see how it looks, and know that it's going to be exactly the same (no stretching or cutting required) when you go to a print shop for an A1 or A0 print.
And yes there is a lot of legacy network effects around Letter size, which is why the switching costs are very high to make switching impractical.
- rhapsodic 4y ago
- mjevans 4y agoA move _away_ from paper, to government signed crypto certs and witness logs is the answer. Then we just need to standardize on A5 as a standard for bills mailed out, since it'll fit inside of everyone's filing cabinets already. A5 for taxes would also be nicer too. Then get school supplies made in A5 size (easier for kids to carry), and finally after a silent transition period where there's less and less in the US Letter size, we can relegate PC Load Letter to the Office Space movie.
- n3t 4y agoWhat are witness logs?
- mjevans 4y agoA record of transactions (log) witnessed by another party. Like website cert transparency logs. The third party might be a government (in the case of banks they probably already witness this anyway, it's just making it official), banks auditing each other's books, etc.