oleorunM to Moving to piefed.lemmy.fan/c/weird_news - Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 5 months agoAbout 100,000 eggs worth $40K stolen from trailer in Pennsylvaniawww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1149
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWhy so many zeros after the decimal point? Do you deal in 1/10 cents much?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-25 months agoEuropean. Or maybe just a programmer…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 months agoAs a European programmer, the comma-period-decimal struggle is real. Most higher level programming languages don’t accept commas, so decimals are started by a period, and thousands can sometimes (varies by language) be separated by underscores. For example, these are all valid number notation: 1.00 0.000001 1_000.00 1_000_000 1_0_0_0_0_0_0.0_0 If you use the final one frequently, though, your employment may experience a period too.
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Why so many zeros after the decimal point? Do you deal in 1/10 cents much?
European. Or maybe just a programmer…
As a European programmer, the comma-period-decimal struggle is real.
Most higher level programming languages don’t accept commas, so decimals are started by a period, and thousands can sometimes (varies by language) be separated by underscores.
For example, these are all valid number notation:
If you use the final one frequently, though, your employment may experience a period too.