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100℅ agreed, drives me crazy with Ubuntu, I have to google the names to get the versions. Never understood what was wrong with 16.04.2 vs Xenial Xerus (had go

100℅ agreed, drives me crazy with Ubuntu, I have to google the names to get the versions. Never understood what was wrong with 16.04.2 vs Xenial Xerus (had go google the xerus part just now).

rrdharan 10y ago
The Ubuntu names are chronologically in alphabetical order.
- DashRattlesnake 10y ago
  That doesn't really make it any better. Eclipse does the same thing (well they have since they ran out of Galilean moons), and I always end up needing to consult a chart to parse its version scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases We already have a well developed and widely understood system for naming items in a sequence, it's called "numbers." I suggest people stop trying to be clever and use it.
chrisseaton 10y ago
Is writing ℅ instead of % some kind of meme? I'm seeing it everywhere all of a sudden, but I can't imagine you can type such an obscure character by accident and so frequently. Wondering if I'm not getting the joke, or if it's some kind of obtuse political or technical statement about something.
- _ihaque 10y ago
  At least some Android keyboards (Gboard) put % and ℅ near each other on the same symbol page, and it's easy to mistake one for the other if you don't look closely.
  - mmastrac 10y ago
    They are on opposite sides of the keyboard, but on the same symbol page. But yeah, if you aren't looking closely, it's very easy to hit the wrong one. Surprised this hasn't been noticed by the Gboard team yet.
    - chrisseaton 10y ago
      I can't understand why the c/o sign would be considered important enough to go on a phone keyboard, let alone on the same page as percent. Do people often write c/o? I might write it on a physical letter once or twice a year. Is it a cultural thing somewhere?
      - httpitis 10y ago
        And then again, if people need to write c/o they could actually write... c/o.
  - noir_lord 10y ago
    Exactly that, I posted from my phone.
- squeaky-clean 10y ago
  On my keyboard at least, if I long press % it uses the other one, and it's hard to notice when proofreading.

100℅ agreed, drives me crazy with Ubuntu, I have to google the names to get the versions. Never understood what was wrong with 16.04.2 vs Xenial Xerus (had go google the xerus part just now).

rrdharan 10y ago

The Ubuntu names are chronologically in alphabetical order.

DashRattlesnake 10y ago
That doesn't really make it any better. Eclipse does the same thing (well they have since they ran out of Galilean moons), and I always end up needing to consult a chart to parse its version scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases We already have a well developed and widely understood system for naming items in a sequence, it's called "numbers." I suggest people stop trying to be clever and use it.

chrisseaton 10y ago

Is writing ℅ instead of % some kind of meme? I'm seeing it everywhere all of a sudden, but I can't imagine you can type such an obscure character by accident and so frequently. Wondering if I'm not getting the joke, or if it's some kind of obtuse political or technical statement about something.

_ihaque 10y ago
At least some Android keyboards (Gboard) put % and ℅ near each other on the same symbol page, and it's easy to mistake one for the other if you don't look closely.
- mmastrac 10y ago
  They are on opposite sides of the keyboard, but on the same symbol page. But yeah, if you aren't looking closely, it's very easy to hit the wrong one. Surprised this hasn't been noticed by the Gboard team yet.
  - chrisseaton 10y ago
    I can't understand why the c/o sign would be considered important enough to go on a phone keyboard, let alone on the same page as percent. Do people often write c/o? I might write it on a physical letter once or twice a year. Is it a cultural thing somewhere?
    - httpitis 10y ago
      And then again, if people need to write c/o they could actually write... c/o.
- noir_lord 10y ago
  Exactly that, I posted from my phone.
squeaky-clean 10y ago
On my keyboard at least, if I long press % it uses the other one, and it's hard to notice when proofreading.