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Didn't downvote or anything, but come on .. we all know what he meant. This thread is not the place for a "a great learning opportunity about decimal separators
by lopatin 9y ago
Didn't downvote or anything, but come on .. we all know what he meant. This thread is not the place for a "a great learning opportunity about decimal separators and non-native speakers".
- esolyt 9y ago> We all know what he meant Having your mistake corrected can be educational even when you were understood. In the future, inanother context, the same mistake could result in confusion.
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- cel1ne 9y agoOP here. I agree.
- pc86 9y agoWell since we're all being pedantic, OP means "Original Poster" which is the person who started the thread (page, not this particular thread, which you did start).
- lopatin 9y agoI think that the meaning of OP depends on context. In general, you're correct. But cel1ne can be reasonably be referred to as the OP in our convo, since our discussion really doesn't have anything to do with the content submitted by the Original Poster of the whole page.
- pluma 9y agoIt's also a lazy way to avoid counting the exact depth level and adjusting the word "GP" accordingly.
- camillomiller 9y agoSorry for the o.t. But Are you THAT Lopatin? The Musician and half of Ford & Lopatin?
- lopatin 9y agoI wish :)
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- notheguyouthink 9y agoWhy.. not? I mean, perhaps it adds too much noise to normal threads, but it feels to me you're explaining why we shouldn't be learning random facts here. Which is odd, because I appreciate learning, doubly so because I don't often seek it out. Stopping someone mid conversation to correct grammar might be rude or whatever in person, mainly due to the "live" nature of in-person conversation. In a forum-like conversation however; it seems quite the opposite to me. Purely subjective, of course.
- _jal 9y agoWell, not the OP, but for me, I clicked a link hoping to see some discussion about Javascript, and the first thread from the top is arguing about whether Number Separators of the World is a sensible topic of discussion. I mean, part of what I enjoy about HN is entertaining digression, but this may as well be an argument about varying aftermarket car part quality, as far as relevance is concerned. And yes, I am adding to the noise; far too late now. How do you feel about car part quality?
- kbenson 9y ago> How do you feel about car part quality? Hopefully if those cheaper 3D metal printers linked to last week[1] become a reality, it might go up? 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14892602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14892602
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- marxidad 9y agoI interpreted it as ten percent.
- xxs 9y ago>> I interpreted it as ten percent. << Likewise. Actually 10% is more logical than 10000%, which would be 100 fold... and that's unrealistic. I reread it again and it was really 10000%.
- pluma 9y ago> we all know what he meant Sure, eventually. But I had to parse that sentence three times to figure out whether he meant 10% or 10,000%. I'm a non-native speaker from Germany myself so I'm doubly careful about reading commas and periods in figures like that correctly. Adding extra decimals for emphasis isn't exactly uncommon. I only expanded my comment because of the downvotes. I actually made sure to keep it short and explicitly mark it as "nitpicky" (i.e. unimportant to the greater discussion) exactly for the reason you state.
- dasil003 9y agoI didn't know what he meant, and I am a dual national with a country that uses comma decimal delineation. The problem is that an hour investment for a 10% increase in productivity would be a great thing. 10,000% is unvarnished hyperbole, so my brain interpreted as the reasonable statement.