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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't care what they say, a single space after a period at the end of a sentence is NOT enough. Now get offa my lawn!

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

There’s actually a reason for the change: Modern devices are more like typesetters — what you type is kerned / not monospaced. That’s why you don’t use two spaces like you did on a typewriter. Can you imagine reading a paperback novel where every sentence has two spaces after the period?

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm aware of that, but I'm fairly certain the period's kerning is the same whether the period is at the end of a sentence, or as part of an abbreviation. Therefore I think typeface designers tend to use a shorter spacing to be safe due to the differing use cases. I actually think roughly 1.5 spaces after a sentence is ideal length, but, yeah - we were taught to use double-spaces on typewriters since they're monospaced.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Here here. And I know some modern word processors already put a slightly larger space after a sentence, but it isn't two full spaces and that mostly only happens in non-monospace fonts where a space character is barely a gap to start with. Two full spaces after every sentence. Yes even in SMS where there is a character limit. If I can't fit what I want to say properly then I'm not saying it and these damn kids can rot in their unintelligible run-on looking dribble.

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'd normally let this go, but since the whole post is about being pedantic imma make an exception:

Here here

I'm afraid that's actually "hear, hear.'

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Well god damn it, you got me. Lol

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Pfft spaces, I use tabs!

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