Re:The number input is the worst input
by jimjimjim on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:17PM
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my tone was probably a bit blunt. It seems to be a stimulus-response in me when regional differences in language, date formats or units of measure are presented as being wrong rather than just different.
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Re:The number input is the worst input
by fsckboy on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:35PM
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the sense in which one way is "wrong" is the same sense in which the oxford comma is argued: nobody is saying that civilization will collapse either way, but one way is tighter in terms of eliminating more common forms of ambiguity. And when saying 150 is one hundred and fifty, the "and" adds nothing in terms of information or comprehension; to that very same person, "one hundred fifty" is just as comprensible.
and fwiw, I don't think it's a regional difference, I think it's a difference between certain traditions within the banking and accountancy areas, vs outside.