▲ 621 ▼ Carenheit (lemmy.wtf) submitted 1 day ago by Suffa@lemmy.wtf to c/memes@sopuli.xyz 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (41 children) Now that you pointed it out, this annoys me more than people who put the currency sign after the amount. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 44 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 49 points 1 day ago (31 children) Welcome to Europa were we do exactly that, as the placement of the currency symbol is a locale thing not a universal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 33 child comments replies: [+] Psythik@lemmy.world -16 points 1 day ago* (27 children) Yeah I know, it drives me crazy. It's also annoying when Europeans swap the comma and decimal on currency amounts too, especially given that you don't do that when writing sentences. Few things more infuriating than seeing an amount written out like 2.999,95€! Where are your manners!? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 28 child comments replies: [–] expr@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* "It's so infuriating when people communicate in ways I'm not used to!" Doesn't sound great. According to ISO 80000-1, the decimal separator can either be a period or a comma, and no preference is given to either. Many American software systems support both (including the software I work on). It's really quite normal and mundane. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (26 replies) load more comments (29 replies) load more comments (38 replies)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 49 points 1 day ago (31 children) Welcome to Europa were we do exactly that, as the placement of the currency symbol is a locale thing not a universal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 33 child comments replies: [+] Psythik@lemmy.world -16 points 1 day ago* (27 children) Yeah I know, it drives me crazy. It's also annoying when Europeans swap the comma and decimal on currency amounts too, especially given that you don't do that when writing sentences. Few things more infuriating than seeing an amount written out like 2.999,95€! Where are your manners!? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 28 child comments replies: [–] expr@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* "It's so infuriating when people communicate in ways I'm not used to!" Doesn't sound great. According to ISO 80000-1, the decimal separator can either be a period or a comma, and no preference is given to either. Many American software systems support both (including the software I work on). It's really quite normal and mundane. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (26 replies) load more comments (29 replies)
[+] Psythik@lemmy.world -16 points 1 day ago* (27 children) Yeah I know, it drives me crazy. It's also annoying when Europeans swap the comma and decimal on currency amounts too, especially given that you don't do that when writing sentences. Few things more infuriating than seeing an amount written out like 2.999,95€! Where are your manners!? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 28 child comments replies: [–] expr@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* "It's so infuriating when people communicate in ways I'm not used to!" Doesn't sound great. According to ISO 80000-1, the decimal separator can either be a period or a comma, and no preference is given to either. Many American software systems support both (including the software I work on). It's really quite normal and mundane. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (26 replies)
[–] expr@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* "It's so infuriating when people communicate in ways I'm not used to!" Doesn't sound great. According to ISO 80000-1, the decimal separator can either be a period or a comma, and no preference is given to either. Many American software systems support both (including the software I work on). It's really quite normal and mundane. permalink fedilink source parent
