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Re:The maddening mess of airport codes [video] by woodruffw on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:22PM (#33979973)
Certainly. Air transportation just holds particular interest for me, given that the codes and abbreviations reflect historical physical constraints: so-and-so many columns, so-and-so many inches of printable space on a ticket, etc.

(This is also why I find US banking standards interesting[1].)

[1]: https://blog.yossarian.net/2019/12/25/A-shallow-dive-into-th...

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Re:The maddening mess of airport codes [video] by culi on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:50AM (#33980417)
Most linters follow the 80 character limit because of the IBM punch card and Unicode and ASCII are also both full of these historical quirks. Many of us deal with these every day. I assume it's the same for people working in the aviation or medical industry
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