I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

  • @maniacal_gaff
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    241 month ago

    It’s not a 2x4 it’s a “2x4.”

    • @bhmnscmm
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      331 month ago

      And if you’re a fan of quotation marks you could call it a “2"x4”."

        • @[email protected]
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          41 month ago

          I think this is an excellent time to point out that curl quotes (“ ”) are what are typographically used for quotations and apostrophes and hash marks (" ') are what are used for feet and inches. So it would look something like:

          “ 2"× 4’ ”

          (Spacing is still a bit ugly, I’d kern me some quote marks)

        • @jaybone
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          11 month ago

          In CSV, you escape a double quote with a double quote.

          • @aulin
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            11 month ago

            Or use tsv or xsv and never quote a field again.

            • @jaybone
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              21 month ago

              Sometimes we don’t get to pick what libraries and data formats we work with.

              Especially with legacy systems and customer requirements.

              • @aulin
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                11 month ago

                I know. I have nothing against the format in general, as it’s plain text and will always be readable. I actually prefer it to Excel sheets, although a proper database is the nicest. It’s just annoying that someone chose comma, a super commonly used punctuation mark, as default field separator for csv.

          • @KISSmyOSFeddit
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            01 month ago

            In CSV you do whatever the fuck you want, and afterwards you delete the file cause CSV is trash and no one should use it.