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Re: Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

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Post by macinjosh »

mazeltovvv wrote: post #97
nxc18 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Patriotism is about fighting for the principles and values espoused in the constitution, and working towards improving an imperfect republic, not worshiping the flag. It’s a fun project and I like the colors, but let’s not pretend that the flag and the idea of ‘patriotism’ are anything other than distractions from the work that needs to be done.

Interestingly, everytime I hear this I feel like the constitution is treated like the bible, some holy book holding the truth. That is very dangerous imo

The Constitution is THE Supreme Law of the land. It literally is the ‘bible’ in how America is to be governed. The difference is that The Constitution has mechanisms within itself for change. This is the opposite of dangerous. It is the reason slavery was abolished, women have the vote, etc. It is a living document and it serves the people.

Re: Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

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Post by progman32 »

irrational wrote: post #77
petepete wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the whole point of cups was that the actual quantity didn't matter, so long as your ratios were consistent.

Measuring by volume was from a time period before we had reliable digital scales. These days all baking measuring should be done by weight since it is far more accurate. I won’t even consider a recipe that goes by volume. Fortunately those are all written by amateurs.

For where precision matters, 100% agree. For people like me who just want something halfway tasty but also quickly, the convenience of volumetric scoops is compelling.

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Post by dang »

eevilspock wrote: post #83
rrss wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1852. "It was a great thing to achieve American Independence when we numbered three millions, but it was a greater thing to save this country from dismemberment and ruin when it numbered thirty millions." ~ Frederick Douglass, 1881. May the United States of America acknowledge what is bad, celebrate what is good, and go on to do greater things in the future.

wypipo. always cherry picking for comfort and absolution.

Please stop.

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Post by egd »

sethammons wrote: post #104
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually a red tailed hawk.

For those not following, the Red Tailed Hawk’s call is nearly universally used as a substitute for the sounds of Bald Eagles in most media. Bald Eagles don’t sound similar.

It's understandable. Bald Eagles sound genuinely hilarious for a bird that big.

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Post by jacquesm »

mhh__ wrote: post #59
jacquesm wrote: post #12

Trying to imagine someone from France, Australia or Brazil to do something similar and failing.

Système international ? We already use french units

No, 'international' does not mean 'French'. Yes, the French came up with it but since it now has international adoption it is the international standard with the United States as one of the last hold-outs. That's what you get when you have a country run by lawyers with very limited input from science.

Re: Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

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Post by jacquesm »

Retr0spectrum wrote: post #13
jacquesm wrote: post #12

Trying to imagine someone from France, Australia or Brazil to do something similar and failing.

Uhhh why France?

Within the EU France is quite nationalist compared to others, and yet, I fail to imagine someone there producing something like this. I'm a bit allergic to flag waving.

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Post by Symbiote »

chrismorgan wrote: post #98

Feels strange to have single decimal places in your inch figures. I’d have expected something like eighths, sixteenths and thirty-seconds of inches, even though the decimal representation of them is unwieldy (1⁄32″ becomes 0.03125in). That also helps you avoid fractional pixels, which is worth doing if convenient: 1⁄32″ is 3px, because 1in is defined as 96px. (As an Australian, the main place I’ve ever seen fractions…

Since several of the lengths are in fifths of an inch, I thought it was a secret desire for the metric system.

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Post by hedora »

nxc18 wrote: post #108
mazeltovvv wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly, everytime I hear this I feel like the constitution is treated like the bible, some holy book holding the truth. That is very dangerous imo

The constitution is the document that defines the existence of the United States and all of the rights, freedoms, and protections it provides and aspires to provide. It’s not perfect, but it is a heck of a lot better than blind adherence to the flag and whoever waves it. Seeing as the constitution defines the United States, I think you get a lot closer to the truth when reflecting on it than you do when worshiping th…

> whatever else it is that July 4th is supposed to be about

The Declaration of Independence; an aspirational document saying why the constitution was needed, and also a big F-you to Britain and tyranny around the world.

Re: Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

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Post by cjsawyer »

chrismorgan wrote: post #98

Feels strange to have single decimal places in your inch figures. I’d have expected something like eighths, sixteenths and thirty-seconds of inches, even though the decimal representation of them is unwieldy (1⁄32″ becomes 0.03125in). That also helps you avoid fractional pixels, which is worth doing if convenient: 1⁄32″ is 3px, because 1in is defined as 96px. (As an Australian, the main place I’ve ever seen fractions…

Engineering and machining specifications are usually in 0.001” and referred to as thousandth’s or “thou’s”. Tools like wrenches or drill bits use fractions in the form x+1/2^n like 2 1/2 == 2.5”. It goes down to 1/64, I think.

Re: Show HN: USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes

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Post by Symbiote »

OJFord wrote: post #53
gerikson wrote: post #22

Metric inches or survey inches? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)#International_foot )

Huh, I didn't know about this, that feet and inches used to differ across the world. If only they'd done pints, fluid ounces, and cups, etc. too! (Cups are particularly annoying: there's British, US, US Legal, and metric. The best recipe-following advice is that it's never going to matter. But it's annoying.)

I lived in Britain for over 25 years, and never saw British cups used as a measure.

A recipe given in ounces and pints might be using Imperial or US ounces and pints, but a recipe in cups is American.

(It can matter when something is in another unit, like "4 eggs".)

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