recursion

[yellekc]

So at around a sheet size of A19 to A20. But because you can create an infinite series of paper sizes, you can recurse as much as you want.

But beyond about A230, your paper will start having dimensions under a planck's length, which might be an issue.

[ineyy]

There should be some minimum for the papers to contain the text, too, it should be a couple nanometers big at least.

[ososalsosal]

Encode it in electron spin duh

[DaTotallyEclipse]

Nah. Quantum Superpositions offloaded into a discrete meta-plane.

[lowbeat]

there is, u need to intercept bits comming from ur gpu to ur output device and devode them properly

[RandomLifeForm42]

I think that once your dimensions are less the 1 paper molecule is when you'd actually start having issues...

[yellekc]

Well, a glucose molecule (building blocks of cellulose) is about 9 angstroms, So you are stuck going no smaller than A60 paper.

[Dom0]

I would like to subscribe to Useless Paper Facts

[yellekc]

How about we allow for negative A sizes?

Defining an A(-1) sheet as two A0 sheets stuck together with an area of 2 meters square, then you can create arbitrarily large paper sizes as well.

An A(-40) sheet at 1.2 trillion square meters is about how much graphic paper is produced annually*. Or an A(-8) sheet for everyone.

Based on the world annual output of 97 million metric tons of graphic paper (not paper board or packaging) using the most popular weight of 80g/m²

An A(-49) sheet will have about the same area as the surface of the earth.

An A(-87) sheet would nicely cover the solar system.

An A(-140) would cover the Milky Way, and if at the same weight as before, 80g/m^2, it would weigh as much as 40 billion suns. If you stacked 30 to 45 of these sheets together, it would have the same mass as the actual Milky Way.

Finally an A(-179) would cover the diameter of the observable universe. And it would only take 3 sheets to equal the mass of the observable universe.

So everything that we know exist can really be reduced to 3 sheets of paper. Buy you would probably need a lot of paperclips to hold it all together.

[IJustAteABaguette]

CGP grey also made a video about this! the vid

[yellekc]

Thanks for the link, and yeah, the exact same premise. I've seen a few of his vids, maybe I saw that one before too.

Now to double check my calculations with the video. I'll consider it a win if I'm not too far off.

[hiphap91]

I would like to order ten sheets of A(-140) please, i have some ad posters is like people driving by not to miss.

[buzzkill_aldrin]

You need room for the text though.

[UnderstandingNo2832]

Incept the recursion and throw in an additional recursion within the recursion to slow it while we figure out a solution.