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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
not the other way around.
indeed anything that has dates in non-chronological order is wrong.
What do you mean chronological order?
I think he meant magnitude order?
We'll never know.
You might if you asked him out a date!
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
You might if you asked him out a date!
There seems to be a high chance I end up marking the wrong day on my calendar
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
We'll never know.
Asking might help
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What do you mean chronological order?
Translation error, the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones. How is that not messing with one's OCD?
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
You might if you asked him out a date!
There seems to be a high chance I end up marking the wrong day on my calendar
That... Was a rather unfortunate autocorrect...
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indeed anything that has dates in non-chronological order is wrong.
Oh no! The contents of my Windows folder are wrong!
(fortunately I found a quick fix)
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
messing with one's OCD?
Fallacy: implying the subject has LCD.
Maybe he did a little too much LDS when he was at Berkeley in the sixties.
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(fortunately I found a quick fix)
delete them!
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
We'll never know.
Asking might help
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What do you mean chronological order?
Translation error, the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones. How is that not messing with one's OCD?
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it. 'September 26th, 2017.' '9/26/2017'.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What's wrong with MM/dd/yy(yy)?
The fact that on one side of the pond they write dd/MM/yy and on the other MM/dd/yy, so if you see 10/11/12, you don't know what it is supposed to mean. dd.MM.yyyy is better, because MM.dd.yyyy is rare, but unfortunately not completely non-existent.
yyyy-MM-dd is unambiguous. Plus its string order coincides with chronological order.
PS: At $work, we settled for dd-MMM-yyyy (e.g. 10-Nov-2012) for messages in TFS (which does not date them itself—
). GRRRR! But at least it is unambiguous.Maybe it's dd/MM/yyyy that's wrong, not the other way around.
Nope.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it. 'September 26th, 2017.' '9/26/2017'.
26th of September.
One probably follows from the other, so using one to justify the other is silly
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it. 'September 26th, 2017.' '9/26/2017'.
26th of September.
One probably follows from the other, so using one to justify the other is silly
Except the former is what you actually say in conversations and suchlike.
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@pie_flavor if you live in a country that uses the stupid middle endian format. In proper countries where we know what we're talking about we use the format I said.
Or, to put it in a less
manner,One probably follows from the other, so using one to justify the other is silly
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
(fortunately I found a quick fix)
delete them!
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
We'll never know.
Asking might help
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What do you mean chronological order?
Translation error, the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones. How is that not messing with one's OCD?
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it. 'September 26th, 2017.' '9/26/2017'.
"the year twenty-seventeen, September twenty-sixth."
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
M/d/yyyy
Dates should be written in format yyyy-MM-dd. Everybody who says otherwise should be burned at stake.
ISO-8601 is already half of that, I'm sure a small amendment could be added...
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
what you actually say in conversations
I actually say “26th of September” in conversations. Well, not very often with that specific date ;), but even so.
If you're going to write the date down for use in a computer, use ISO 8601 format. It's not pretty, but it's very regular, sorts trivially, and is pretty easy for people to comprehend what is going on.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it
Indeed, so you admit at being wrong?
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TIL that being added to a group on Google Drive does not actually allow access to the group's shared folders unless explicitly shared. I was very confused about not being able to find certain documents I needed on the work Drive until me and another recent hire figured the fact.
Oh, well. The administrator sorted it for us now. Like 7 months after I got hired. :P
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
How, in the name of sanity, can you write a date without at least two digits for both month and day?
That just means to omit leading zeroes.
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@boomzilla said in WTF Bites:
That just means to omit leading zeroes.
+9/+25/+2017
Featuring: Unary plus, my favourite unary operator.
</random>
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@cvi I like plus. But my favorite unary operator? It's not.
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@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
messing with one's OCD?
Fallacy: implying the subject has LCD.
Maybe he did a little too much LDS when he was at Berkeley in the sixties.
Are there a lot of Mormons at Berkeley?
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@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
messing with one's OCD?
Fallacy: implying the subject has LCD.
Maybe he did a little too much LDS when he was at Berkeley in the sixties.
Are there a lot of Mormons at Berkeley?
https://youtu.be/pgHxFNFWlZc
Edit: I got a copyright letter in the post from Paramount for downloading it a couple of years back. I have it on DVD but couldn't find it when I wanted to watch it, as I had a gigabit connection then it was quicker to torrent than turn the house upside down. Apparently they do watch those torrents, even for old movies. Wonder what would happen if it got to court and you actually did have a license (the DVD) you could show them.
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@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
Wonder what would happen if it got to court and you actually did have a license (the DVD) you could show them.
If you torrented it and didn't leech, you broke the law by distributing it
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What's wrong with MM/dd/yy(yy)?
What's right about it?
It's slash.
"While the injury was not serious, Spock saw the hurt in his captain's eyes. He carefully gathered him into his arms, and Kirk, in gratitude, gazed longingly at his old friend..."
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yyyy-MM-dd is unambiguous. Plus its string order coincides with chronological order.
Plus it sorts easily!
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
(fortunately I found a quick fix)
delete them!
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
We'll never know.
Asking might help
@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
What do you mean chronological order?
Translation error, the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones. How is that not messing with one's OCD?
Well, it's the order of how you'd say it. 'September 26th, 2017.' '9/26/2017'.
"the year twenty-seventeen, September twenty-sixth."
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I'm tempted to buy a Nintendo Switch but they're pretty expensive here.
So today I saw a good deal from a UK games company, made even better thanks to the Brexiteers' efforts tanking the pound.
Shipping to Poland for less than three quid! Oh...
That's the spirit!
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the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones
Big-bigger-biggest-small-smaller-smallest?
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
the idea that you put smaller and larger units in either ascending or descending order and don't just slap a smaller time unit in between two bigger ones
Big-bigger-biggest-small-smaller-smallest?
Huh, there's a flag for that...
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
messing with one's OCD?
Fallacy: implying the subject has LCD.
Lexical Collation Disorder?
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[Request] a system that supports DDMM-YY-YY dates just to make everything more terrible.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
[Request] a system that supports DDMM-YY-YY dates just to make everything more terrible.
Um, why would you want to have the two digit year twice?
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
[Request] a system that supports DDMM-YY-YY dates just to make everything more terrible.
Um, why would you want to have the two digit year twice?
I'm not sure if any popular date formatting systems support it. Maybe if they have century separate from year. How about this one?
MM/YY/20DD
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
[Request] a system that supports DDMM-YY-YY dates just to make everything more terrible.
Um, why would you want to have the two digit year twice?
I'm not sure if any popular date formatting systems support it. Maybe if they have century separate from year. How about this one?
MM/YY/20DD
Seems like a valid format string to me... Am I
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@tsaukpaetra Today would be 09/17/2027
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@tsaukpaetra Today would be 09/17/2027
and the idea with the previous format is that today would be 0927-20-17.
Have we had a "worst date format" competition yet?
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra Today would be 09/17/2027
and the idea with the previous format is that today would be 0927-20-17.
Have we had a "worst date format" competition yet?
The Potrzebie System.
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Allow me this entry:
Paris : l’affiche de Nuit blanche dévoilée
Les Parisiens en ont pris l'habitude et l'attendent même avec impatience chaque année. L'édition 2017 de Nuit blanche, programmée le samedi
(I think it's on purpose, supposed to be some "artistic" dyslexia or something...)
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I think it's on purpose
Yes.
une expérience cognitive puisque les lettres sont placées dans le mauvais ordre mais que le cerveau les remets automatiquement dans le bon sens de lecture
TL;DF [it's] a cognitive experience because the letters are placed in the wrong order but the brain automatically puts them in the right reading order
After reading I'm still no clearer what those white nights in Paris are offering ...
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
Have we had a "worst date format" competition yet?
Date things using the system used in the old Roman Republic. Though I've no idea which two people are consuls this year…
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I was directed to the Forbes website today by a friend who was complaining about its spammy "launch page". Its basically a way for them to throws advertising at you under the guise of a "thought for the day". You can clear it by clicking "Continue to site"... or can you?
On Windows 8.1, using Chrome 59.0.3071.115 or Firefox 55.0.3, when I click on "Continue to site" I am redirected to the same page, but with the referring URL tacked on as "refUrl" in the querystring.
Unfortunately, this page also displays the splash page
Imagine my delight when with just five clicks of the "Continue to site" I generated this 5418 char URL below, and crashed both Chrome and Firefox!
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer=&referrer=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/&refURL=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/we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TL;DF [it's] a cognitive experience because the letters are placed in the wrong order but the brain automatically puts them in the right reading order
So they're cambridging it up (never mind that the "University of Cambridge" text was a fake that fudged the order of letters to be more readable than true random). Not that I really care either way.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
Potrzebie System
I'm particularly fond of The Register's system of measurements:
My car gets 7200 double-decker buses per football and that's the way I like it.
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Did @apapadimoulis reinstall Discourse for the front page articles?
Of course not. Discourse wouldn't have put the word "Error" prominently on the 500 Error page; it would have minimally acknowledged that there might perhaps been some trifling issue, but would have hastened to reassure you that it was OK really and that nothing was actually wrong, or had ever been wrong.
@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
Have we had a "worst date format" competition yet?
Oooh. I must look up one that was put forward once in the forums of a game I used to play. Can't access it while at work, unfortunately.
Anyway, what I came here for: I was trying to find a file that I thought should have been in place on our test system to look up some of the stuff in it. Turned out the file wasn't there. Looked in my email and eventually found the message where I'd asked for it to be added, then did "Find Related" to see if there'd been any response. After thinking for a while, the search window found a grand total of one message - the original one that I'd started with - and displayed this helpful message:
Wondering why, if there were a lot of results, it wasn't showing them to me, I clicked on the More link, but this didn't find any additional results; it just gave me this message instead:
Yeah. If I'm so overwhelmed by the sheer mass of one message that I can't see the one I'm looking for, filtering it down more tightly will surely help.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
[Request] a system that supports DDMM-YY-YY dates just to make everything more terrible.
Evil ideas thread is
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Maybe someday Microsoft can make a product that works without issues. At first I thought the update process had hanged, but it was just PowerShell failing to properly clear the screen, or display a success message. Instead just placing the prompt in the middle of the status text.
Also, nice trailing whitespace from the previous command. The Microsoft quality!
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@atazhaia The real problem is that your help content is haunted.
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I was about to post this in TIL, but it belongs here.
Apparently, the command-line switch to compact and repair a MS Access database (
/compact) doesn't suppress the alert telling you that a database is in an inconsistent state and needs to be repaired. Indeed, there is no command-line switch that will suppress that alert, which means someone (
) has to click Ok manually. 
I mean, goddamn. The command explicitly also repairs! I don't fucking need a popup message telling me that it's going to! Especially one that I can't turn off!
Popping up a message box if the user isn't compacting it from the command line would be fine. Logging the fact that it needed to do the repair somewhere, or returning an error level code to DOS, would be fine. A modal, process-blocking message box with no way to turn it off is not fine.
In other news, this explains why I've had this message waiting for me the past couple of mornings.
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