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

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:26 PM UTC

simias wrote: post #57

earthboundkid wrote: post #27

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Screens around the world are sold based on diagonal inches. USA! USA!

As a European whose only familiarity with inches is that "it's about 3cm" that actually annoys me. Back when screens were small it sort of worked, I knew what 13", 15", 17" and 20" screens looked like. Since most monitors fell in that range (yeah, I'm showing my age) that was good enough. Anything bigger than that was "damn huge", anything smaller was "damn small". But now monitors and especially TVs are immense. I s…

Hah! Yeah I hadn't even noticed that I do this too.

I'm writing this on a 42" display, it was sold as a "TV" but it's just a dumb display as far as I'm concerned, so cheap 1080p monitor really.

Everything bigger than 42" is, in my mind, just unnecessarily big as you have to sit progressively further away from the display to comfortably watch motion pictures.

So, from my perspective, huge displays are what you need for unnecessarily huge houses.

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

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Post by dylan604 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:29 PM UTC

lucidlogic wrote: post #62

Minor49er wrote: post #51

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It's something techie on America's birthday

You know there's a bunch of other countries other right? This shouldn't be number 1 on hn.

Let us know when you spend some time honing your CSS skills to develop a timely relevant bit of theming, and we can all come back and leave some irrelevant opinions about it.

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

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Post by tempodox » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:34 PM UTC

pcunite wrote: post #25

CivBase wrote: post #17

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Welcome back to HNC News. Tonight's top story: US law makers have introduced a new bill that would require all digital displays in the United States to feature a pixel density of 96 ppi. White house officials say the new bill represents "the first step on the march to bring freedom to the cyber world". More on this after the break.

I would scream from my office. Almost no one would understand my pain.

But it would make screens great again! Especially retina screens.

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

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Post by sethammons » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:34 PM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #54

corndoge wrote: post #38

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eagle screams

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.

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

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Post by klyrs » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:36 PM UTC

Stratoscope wrote: post #26

klyrs wrote: post #6

Weirdly, bennettfeely had 1776 karma when I clicked their profile. Conspiracy? Coincidence?

And 1812 when I clicked just now. This must mean something!

Burn down the white house?

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

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Post by dang » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:39 PM UTC

alexseman wrote: post #69

As an European this is really cool and unlike others self-loathing Americans here in the comments I understand the idea, humor and originality. Happy 4th USA, you are great today due to the greatness of your forefathers and the men that built this nation.

Given your previous comments, this looks like trolling. Please stop posting like this to HN.

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

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Post by penagwin » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:42 PM UTC

simias wrote: post #57

earthboundkid wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Screens around the world are sold based on diagonal inches. USA! USA!

As a European whose only familiarity with inches is that "it's about 3cm" that actually annoys me. Back when screens were small it sort of worked, I knew what 13", 15", 17" and 20" screens looked like. Since most monitors fell in that range (yeah, I'm showing my age) that was good enough. Anything bigger than that was "damn huge", anything smaller was "damn small". But now monitors and especially TVs are immense. I s…

If it makes you feel any better, I'm from the US and the unit is kinda meaningless. It's not like I can visualize 42" (without converting to feet first), and because it's the diagonal length it makes it basically impossible to visualize - I have to have seen it to know anyway.

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

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Post by nxc18 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:43 PM UTC

mazeltovvv wrote: post #97

nxc18 wrote: post #93

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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 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 the flag or the military or whatever else it is that July 4th is supposed to be about.

It is also important to remember that the constitution is a living document, meant to grow and evolve over time. If there are problems - and there are - it is up to us to change it.

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

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Post by jedberg » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:51 PM UTC

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…

We usually use fractions, but sometimes we're forced to use decimals, usually when related to computers, since the usual fractions don't translate well to decimal.

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

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Post by skybrian » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

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…

Rulers, drill bits, and wrenches typically use fractions of an inch where the denominator is a power of two, but circuit board design often uses decimal fractions of an inch. The holes in a breadboard are commonly .1 inches apart.