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  1. 24 hour clock time, and software librarians!

    Since when exactly did 04:22PM ever rationally exist?

    It's 4.22pm, or 16:22 hrs, please.
    At least ditch the leading zero if the old ways are too hard. Info tech should simplify, not complicate, communication.

    #time #clock #software #library #api #pedantic #rant

  2. also: #pedants please don’t tell me samaritans are distinct from palestinians. i had that fight with my grade school teachers years ago. i insisted that both historically and ethnographically (i was a #pedantic kid) they were wrong, but their ethical point remains:

    someone was in dire need, and you passed on by, doing nothing.