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Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:29PM (#31172758)
Context matters in your pasta scenario.
Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by erpellan on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:38PM (#31172857)
Context also matters in the date parsing scenario. 11/12/22 could be several different dates depending on the context.
Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:40PM (#31172876)
Yeah, and in this post, it's clear what it is.
Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by ldh on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:43PM (#31173555)
It may not have happened to you yet, but someday you'll see a date somewhere other than this post.
Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by xeromal on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:52PM (#31173633)
This honestly has me laughing.
Re:Slack’s Incident on 2-22-22 by dllthomas on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:01PM (#31173120)
Since the text itself doesn't clarify, context is the only way of resolving any of the scenarios. In each case it's usually sufficient and often not all that hard. But it's always harder than if the system in use was made explicit, and I understand the complaint (even if my annoyance at the ambiguity is quite significantly below the level where I would have complained myself, particularly in this case).