@Los@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agoUpdate from Lemmy after the Reddit blackoutjoin-lemmy.orgmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10cross-posted to: freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@midwest.socialmain@sh.itjust.workslemmy@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarelukinilinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoWow they went from 1 user to 27. It feels like way more than 27 people (I’m aware of what they meant, but it’s incorrect in English)
minus-squareSam VimeslinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
minus-squarelukinilinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoYes, every single English speaking country uses a period for decimals. And English Wikipedia requires it in their style guide.
minus-square@DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoGermany uses a comma, and you can check this by setting your phone to en_DE.
minus-squarelukinilinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAnd they speak German. I’ll trust the English countries on how to format numbers in English.
Wow they went from 1 user to 27. It feels like way more than 27 people
(I’m aware of what they meant, but it’s incorrect in English)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
Yes, every single English speaking country uses a period for decimals. And English Wikipedia requires it in their style guide.
Germany uses a comma, and you can check this by setting your phone to en_DE.
And they speak German. I’ll trust the English countries on how to format numbers in English.