▲ 1075 ▼ America (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 50 points 4 months ago (2 children) 24hr time is simply superior in every way. I don't get why more people dont swap it. I changed mine on a whim years ago and never looked back. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hOrni@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (3 children) Like the old truth "America does everything the wrong way". 24h is superior, metric is superior, dd.mm.yyyy format is superior, etc... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (1 child) A4 is superior too. (Yes US doesn't use A4 paper.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago The superiority of ISO paper sizes isn't obvious at all if you don't know how US paper is different. Seems like different countries just use different sizes. But as anyone accustomed to using A- or B-series papers knows, A4 is made of exactly 2 A5s, and the pattern holds up to A10 and down to A0, whereas the US paper sizes are completely unrelated to each other. So good! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jakule17@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (3 children) dd.mm.yyyy I believe in ISO 8601 supremacy (I'm not saying its not better than American one thougn) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I have for years named files that have a chronological component ymd , and if hours are relevant, hm. A few ymdhm. Makes a lot of sense when ordering directories. Edit: and the file name after that. Wouldn't be useful without descriptive text. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago 2026-04-13 rule permalink fedilink source parent [–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago This is the way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago One of my favourite examples of this is road sign lettering. Instead of just using the same style as Europe. They created their own, which caused its own problems. Then created a replacement, which didn't help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml -2 points 4 months ago too lazy to learn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (3 children) Like the old truth "America does everything the wrong way". 24h is superior, metric is superior, dd.mm.yyyy format is superior, etc... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (1 child) A4 is superior too. (Yes US doesn't use A4 paper.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago The superiority of ISO paper sizes isn't obvious at all if you don't know how US paper is different. Seems like different countries just use different sizes. But as anyone accustomed to using A- or B-series papers knows, A4 is made of exactly 2 A5s, and the pattern holds up to A10 and down to A0, whereas the US paper sizes are completely unrelated to each other. So good! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jakule17@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (3 children) dd.mm.yyyy I believe in ISO 8601 supremacy (I'm not saying its not better than American one thougn) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I have for years named files that have a chronological component ymd , and if hours are relevant, hm. A few ymdhm. Makes a lot of sense when ordering directories. Edit: and the file name after that. Wouldn't be useful without descriptive text. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago 2026-04-13 rule permalink fedilink source parent [–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago This is the way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago One of my favourite examples of this is road sign lettering. Instead of just using the same style as Europe. They created their own, which caused its own problems. Then created a replacement, which didn't help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (1 child) A4 is superior too. (Yes US doesn't use A4 paper.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago The superiority of ISO paper sizes isn't obvious at all if you don't know how US paper is different. Seems like different countries just use different sizes. But as anyone accustomed to using A- or B-series papers knows, A4 is made of exactly 2 A5s, and the pattern holds up to A10 and down to A0, whereas the US paper sizes are completely unrelated to each other. So good! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago The superiority of ISO paper sizes isn't obvious at all if you don't know how US paper is different. Seems like different countries just use different sizes. But as anyone accustomed to using A- or B-series papers knows, A4 is made of exactly 2 A5s, and the pattern holds up to A10 and down to A0, whereas the US paper sizes are completely unrelated to each other. So good! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jakule17@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (3 children) dd.mm.yyyy I believe in ISO 8601 supremacy (I'm not saying its not better than American one thougn) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I have for years named files that have a chronological component ymd , and if hours are relevant, hm. A few ymdhm. Makes a lot of sense when ordering directories. Edit: and the file name after that. Wouldn't be useful without descriptive text. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago 2026-04-13 rule permalink fedilink source parent [–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago This is the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I have for years named files that have a chronological component ymd , and if hours are relevant, hm. A few ymdhm. Makes a lot of sense when ordering directories. Edit: and the file name after that. Wouldn't be useful without descriptive text. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago 2026-04-13 rule permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago One of my favourite examples of this is road sign lettering. Instead of just using the same style as Europe. They created their own, which caused its own problems. Then created a replacement, which didn't help. permalink fedilink source parent
