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Clock, but its ORDER BY Hour DESC (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] Jeeve65@ttrpg.network 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You mean I, II, III, IV, IX, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's usually IIII on clocks

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Depends on where and when it's from, it's rare where I live. Also, makes no difference in terms of alphabetical sorting.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It would, if it were:
I II III IIII IIIII IIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIIII IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII

Also, if IX ended up being VIIII, it would end up sorting in numerical order.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

True!