Thread for agreeing on conventions

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sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Shadow0 posted:

There are a lot of competing conventions in the world. Some of them have clear and obvious winners.

For example:

Year/Month/Day is the correct way to write dates. If you include hour, minute, second, millisecond, etc. - it's always decreasing in size - and this is just generally true of numbers anyway.
While we're on the topic of time: the 24-hour clock is just better. It's shorter than tacking on AM/PM, and avoids the temptation to just leave off AM/PM and hope everyone else assumes the correct time. It's weird to have two 3 o'clocks in a day. They aren't related in any way, just give them their own numbers.

Brackets should go on new lines. You don't need to save space. It's clearer where a block of code starts. And it just looks more symmetric and therefore nicer.
Also, the & and * are part of the variable type and belong next to that, not the variable name, which it has nothing to do with.

Oxford comma.

I have more solutions to all the world's problems, but I'll just start with these. Tell me other conventions you've found the singular correct solution to.

2 spaces after a full stop, which is the objectively correct way to post as it makes sentences much more readable.

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sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Seth Pecksniff posted:

I used to do this, but one space makes it flow a lot better!

there is no shame in being wrong, modfriend. unfortunately the forum software seems to have a bug where it deletes the additional space! i will have to talk to astral to get it fixed.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 21:44

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

ultrafilter posted:

The HTML specification requires consecutive spaces to be displayed as a single space. Quote this post and you'll see that there are two spaces between the sentences even though only one is shown.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 22:09

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

In my city you always thank the bus driver when you get off* for some reason, I think that is a nice thing to do and should be universal

*Disembark

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 07:44

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Cicero posted:

Do bus drivers actually like that though? I feel like if I was a bus driver I'd get tired of feeling obligated to say you're welcome at every stop a bunch of times.

They just nod grimly

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 10:59

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Jaxyon posted:

Tipping minimum of 20% no matter what quality of service if you live in a place where tipping is expected

# ¿ Oct 21, 2022 23:19

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

Shadow0 posted:

I think you should clap when they arrive at a stop, like some people do when they land an airplane (for some reason).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0exxEtpacJk

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 12:14

sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

And combine to suit, so a killion times a gillion is now a kajillion, i like this

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