What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
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Not being sorry for my controversial threads.
At most, you'll get a Canadian sorry.
@mayintoronto Canada, where even the buses say sorry.
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Not being sorry for my controversial threads.
At most, you'll get a Canadian sorry.
@mayintoronto Canadian sorry: the kind of sorry you tell doors that accidentally close on you.
Sorry
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@mayintoronto Canadian sorry: the kind of sorry you tell doors that accidentally close on you.
Sorry
@EdwinG Look. I apologize to walls that I walk into.
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@mayintoronto Oh… I just remembered by reading the responses.
Fairmount and St. Viateur bagels are the superior bagels 🥯
@mayintoronto And another two (related)
International System of Units (and related metric units) everywhere: km, m^3, l, kg, MW, mW, K, °C, etc. etc. etc.
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Units of data follow the ISU standard: 1TB = 1000GB
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@EdwinG Look. I apologize to walls that I walk into.
@mayintoronto You’ve got me beat on that one
I only excused myself recently to the corners of my bed (and my toes)
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@mayintoronto Canadian sorry: the kind of sorry you tell doors that accidentally close on you.
Sorry
@EdwinG Canadian sorry is a manner of speech, like a local filler to signify that you care.
It has absolutely nothing to do with apologies.
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@EdwinG Canadian sorry is a manner of speech, like a local filler to signify that you care.
It has absolutely nothing to do with apologies.
@mayintoronto Exactly!
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What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
@mayintoronto definitely a purist about poutine
Only 3 ingredients and yet so many place get something very wrong
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What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
“Login” is always a noun; “log in” is the verb form. Ditto for “logout” / “log out.” In computer interfaces, button labels should be imperative verbs, therefore buttons that say “login” and “logout” are mislabeled.
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SAFe is antithetical to good software development.
@mayintoronto this correct take is far from inconsequential!
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What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
@mayintoronto you’re not in traffic; you _are_ traffic
Also: semicolons
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What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
@mayintoronto `Data' is plural.
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What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?
@mayintoronto
Poutine.Gotta be real curds, french fries, and gravy or brown sauce.
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@mayintoronto And another two (related)
International System of Units (and related metric units) everywhere: km, m^3, l, kg, MW, mW, K, °C, etc. etc. etc.
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Units of data follow the ISU standard: 1TB = 1000GB
The binary system of measurement is 1TiB = 1024GB@EdwinG
But do you use spaces or commas to group sets of three digits, e.g. 23 000? In Canada we're supposed to do so in English as well as in French. -
@EdwinG
But do you use spaces or commas to group sets of three digits, e.g. 23 000? In Canada we're supposed to do so in English as well as in French.@mpjgregoire Only when it becomes difficult to read, so usually 5-6 digits or more.
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