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This makes me recall the time I was riding on the bus, and there was a little boy (maybe 4 years old) with his mum. The little boy was proudly reading the numbe

This makes me recall the time I was riding on the bus, and there was a little boy (maybe 4 years old) with his mum. The little boy was proudly reading the numbers off the other buses he saw drive by. "7, 23, 5, 86," the boy proudly stated. Then a bus numbered "5X" came by. "What's that?" The boy said, pointing in confusion. "That's the bus number!" his mom said. "X is a number now?" the poor kid asked in a painful tone. You could just hear his understanding of the world crumbling around him.

berkes 5y ago
Still happens to me as a programmer when diving deeper into the domain. Just to continue on the "number" theme: that address-form you recently built is probably wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering (where "wrong" is considered in the larger domain. It is probably "right" for your use-case and niche-domain, though. E.g. where you are certain you'll never ship to Thailand. Ever)