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[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

kril-drained here you go, version 0.0.978

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Sloth Versioning: YYYYMMDDhhmm
Wrath Versioning: _new_final_newer_latest_newest

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Greed versioning: 1.2.3_Patreon Envy versioning: (Competitor version number plus one)

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 10 points 1 day ago

Lust versioning: 69.80085_d1cc

Despair versioning: 0.0.0.1

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

Envy versioning is how a lot of smartphones are named. But most of them settled on current year (YY).

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comcast Xfinity 10G! Our Wi-Fi is so fast it'll melt your face!

I think they got sued for that since 5G is a real thing and they were implying that 10G is twice as good

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

presumably it's not a 10 gigabit fiber plan.

[–] boobs_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

v1.0.0 final v3 retry fixed (1) (1)

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

TIL: I am wrath

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Actually not bad for remembering.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Our prod version is 0.0.178

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This feels so true for stuff that isn't just dates lmao

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Look, 1984 is when I got my first circumcision.

I got my second one at Dismey Wards..

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Reminds me of the hierarchical enzyme classification codes

Essentially any enzyme can be categorised according to function

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I like this. Definitely going to be implementing into my hobby projects

[–] WIPocket@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This explains systemd versioning so well.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh we have an system manufacturer who uses this

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Does 1.5B count?