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Ah, yes, the "fuck internationalisation, we're all living in America anyway" argument. EDIT: Data point of 1: I'm German and use a QWERTZ layout because it's a
by pluma 8y ago
Ah, yes, the "fuck internationalisation, we're all living in America anyway" argument.
EDIT: Data point of 1: I'm German and use a QWERTZ layout because it's a hassle to type umlauts on QWERTY even with a compose key. If I were French that'd mean I'd be using AZERTY.
- pierrec 8y agoThat's not the argument. They just seem to believe that it's a nerdy alternative layout like Dvorak ("...even on HN"). Not everyone is familiar with international layouts.
- pluma 8y agoI would think the kind of people interested in technical posts on HN should better be aware of at least the most basic i18n issues.