[desperately] Maybe this is from some country where they use commas as decimal points, and also as digit separators after the decimal, and also use random other characters for decoration???

https://explainxkcd.com/3102/

  • @thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ll be honest: It’s complete insanity to use commas within a number. If you need laughably high precision, use spaces for readability. If you need a lot of zeros, use power notation.

    There is no excuse for putting commas in a number. I rest my case.

    • VindictiveJudge
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      216 hours ago

      Depending on handwriting or font, commas may be more visible than spaces.

      • @thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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        115 hours ago

        Hard disagree. I work a lot with numbers, both hand-written and typed. I’ve yet to come across a situation where spaces are not sufficiently clear for readability. Using spaces for separation has never been an issue with letters, why would it be an issue with numbers?

        • @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          415 hours ago

          the problem with spaces is that it leaves it ambigous whether it’s one or multiple separate numbers, whereas a non-space separator (i think apostrophe is just obviously the best) makes it clear: 123’000’398