What relatively inconsequential topic are you a purist about?

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@mayintoronto Canadian sorry: the kind of sorry you tell doors that accidentally close on you.

Sorry

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@EdwinG Look. I apologize to walls that I walk into.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@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@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@mayintoronto You’ve got me beat on that one

I only excused myself recently to the corners of my bed (and my toes)

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@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.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@mayintoronto Exactly!

[jerome@jasette.facil.services]

@mayintoronto definitely a purist about poutine

Only 3 ingredients and yet so many place get something very wrong

[inthehands@hachyderm.io]

@mayintoronto

“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.

[james@mastodon.exitmusic.world]

@mayintoronto this correct take is far from inconsequential!

[james@mastodon.exitmusic.world]

@mayintoronto you’re not in traffic; you _are_ traffic

Also: semicolons

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@mayintoronto `Data' is plural.

[sb@metroholografix.ca]

@mayintoronto
Poutine.

Gotta be real curds, french fries, and gravy or brown sauce.

[mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca]

@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.

@mayintoronto

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@mpjgregoire Only when it becomes difficult to read, so usually 5-6 digits or more.

@mayintoronto