1116
Scary (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Masimatutu@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml

alt textComic strip of a ghost and a person with the American flag pasted on the head. The ghost repeats "Boo!" in the first three panels without getting any reaction, but when it in the fourth panel says "kg, cm, km, °C" the American gets scared and screams "AHHHH!!!".

Edit: fixed alt text

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

This one wouldn't make sense as they say dates as month day, year.
To me, dates should always be written in international format: YYYY-MM-DD

[-] neumast@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

$ 50

Do you call this fifty dollars, or dollar fifty?

Lots of stuff is written differently, than it is spoken. In case of the date it is weird, not to go from biggest to smallest or vice versa. I guess you are used to it now, but for me it would be the same as putting seconds before minutes or inches before feet.

[-] happyhippo@feddit.it 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Depends on context, IMO did/mm/yyyy is the most natural when writing some text, but partial ISO yyyy-mm-dd is ideal for when naming files and directories, makes lexicographical ordering follow chronological order.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Big-endian vs little-endian all over again

[-] _TheThunderWolf_@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I personally prefer dd-mm-yyyy because cutting stuff of the end to get dd-mm or dd is better imho. Just an opinion tho, use what you like.

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
1116 points (95.4% liked)

Memes

45121 readers
2331 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS