#postalcodes — Public Fediverse posts
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Ah yes, the thrilling saga of a parcel number revelation! 🎉 Who knew a string of alphanumeric soup like UT038926726CH could be so... ubiquitous? 🙄 Remember, folks, when you stare into the abyss of postal codes, sometimes they stare back! 📦🔍
https://www.akpain.net/blog/s10-upu/ #parcelnumber #revelation #ubiquitous #postalcodes #alphanumericsaga #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the thrilling saga of a parcel number revelation! 🎉 Who knew a string of alphanumeric soup like UT038926726CH could be so... ubiquitous? 🙄 Remember, folks, when you stare into the abyss of postal codes, sometimes they stare back! 📦🔍
https://www.akpain.net/blog/s10-upu/ #parcelnumber #revelation #ubiquitous #postalcodes #alphanumericsaga #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Had to remind some folks today that making postal codes mandatory is not optimal.
They come in flavours of 3-10 numeric characters (which you can't treat as numbers) or 6-8 alphanumeric strings. And some countries/territories just don't use them at all.
Like people's names, best not to even try.
Image by Stadscykel - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15948580
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Had to remind some folks today that making postal codes mandatory is not optimal.
They come in flavours of 3-10 numeric characters (which you can't treat as numbers) or 6-8 alphanumeric strings. And some countries/territories just don't use them at all.
Like people's names, best not to even try.
Image by Stadscykel - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15948580
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@xssfox I found some more info on Australian postal codes, including an interactive map!
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@xssfox I found some more info on Australian postal codes, including an interactive map!
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Postal codes are basically space-filling curves, if you think about it.
Interesting article on the design behind the US's ZIP codes:
(And yes, it's "ZIP", not "zip" -- it's an acronym. Bonus magic internet points to anyone who knows what the acronym means without looking it up...)
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Postal codes are basically space-filling curves, if you think about it.
Interesting article on the design behind the US's ZIP codes:
(And yes, it's "ZIP", not "zip" -- it's an acronym. Bonus magic internet points to anyone who knows what the acronym means without looking it up...)