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[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Oh, that one was new for me. In Denmark we something similar. We call it Error 40.

”Error 40", where the error is not in the machine, but approximately 40 cm in front of the screen.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Another one I know is the ID-10-T error. Spells idiot.

[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 2 points 6 hours ago

Nice haha, also a new one for me.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 8 hours ago

approximately 40 cm

Hmm, how approximate?