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[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Oh, that one was new for me. In Denmark we something similar. We call it Error 40.

”Error 40", where the error is not in the machine or in the numbers themselves, but approximately 40 cm in front of the screen.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Another one I know is the ID-10-T error. Spells idiot.

[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 1 points 3 days ago

Nice haha, also a new one for me.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 3 days ago

approximately 40 cm

Hmm, how approximate?