• (nodebb)

    The Japanese one looks to me like it is showing 1((space))4月((space))2024 rather than 14月((space))2024, which makes it less aggressively WTF. It's still a WTF, but less so.

  • (nodebb)

    I wonder what y'all would propose as an alternative abbreviation for "nautical miles". 'kh'' ?? (knot-hours) (would not be consistent with the definitions of "nautical mile" and "knot", sadly)

    For what it's worth, the Unreliable Source suggests at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile some alternatives:

    • NM (ICAO)
    • nmi (IEEE, USGPO)
    • M (IHO)

    Addendum 2024-04-05 06:42: Obviously I meant:

    • NM (ICAO)
    • nmi (IEEE, USGPO)
    • M (IHO)

    Addendum 2024-04-05 06:43: OK, how the farble do I use the DarkMown subset here to format a bullet list?

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Is github really on a different timeline? We're in 2024, so that comment really was a year ago. Did the submitter forget we're no longer in 2023, or is this a submission that TDWTF forgot to post for an entire year?

  • (nodebb) in reply to Steve_The_Cynic

    You did it right. For some reason the CSS includes this declaration: ul { list-style: none outside; }

    Addendum 2024-04-05 08:20: And things would be so much better if it didn't.

  • Pabz (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous

    The comment above the GitHub submission suggests that the screenshot was taken on February 7th 2023 so it is indeed only 4 weeks after the comment on January 10th 2023,

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to Steve_The_Cynic

    I'm guessing someone picked a date format of "<day> <localMonthName> <year>". In English, German, etc. this works fine and you get things like "1 April 2024".

    But in Japanese the months aren't named, just numbered. <localMonthName> is "4月".

    At least that's how it could happen in Chinese - I don't know any Japanese.

  • Antonio (unregistered)

    The "-2" from the Transit app is normal: that indicates a train that's two minutes late and lacks real-time data to give a real ETA. So "There was no train two minutes ago" is exactly Transit's point.

  • Gorus Balkonor (unregistered)

    It has a range of 4700nm in the configuration where the fuel tanks are empty and it's tied to the ground.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Steve_The_Cynic

    I wonder what y'all would propose as an alternative abbreviation for "nautical miles".

    None — replace any and all present use of the nautical mile by the kilometer.

  • (author) in reply to Anonymous

    It apparently wasn't the funniest thing available at the moment it was sent, but it fit with the theme this time.

  • (author) in reply to Gurth

    Nautical Miles do have a handy relationship with degrees of latitude that isn't as handy in metric.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Gurth

    None — replace any and all present use of the nautical mile by the kilometer.

    So you're proposing that it should say that 8700km is 8700km ?

  • (nodebb)

    He's saying we should be using knaughtical miles. ;)

  • (nodebb) in reply to Lyle Seaman

    Nautical Miles do have a handy relationship with degrees of latitude that isn't as handy in metric. Which is very handy when you’re sailing directly east-to-west or vice versa on the equator. Elsewhere, though?

    So you're proposing that it should say that 8700km is 8700km ? I’m proposing it should only say 8700 km, without mentioning any weird moon units at all.

    Addendum 2024-04-07 13:46: Crappy edit function … I want to add two line breaks, because I forgot it needs double ones after a quote, but this won’t let me :(

  • löchlein deluxe (unregistered) in reply to Lyle Seaman

    So let's call then latinutes (ln).

    With suggestions like naughtymiles or knothours, I don't want to see y'alls browser hirotoes.

  • (nodebb) in reply to Gurth

    I’m proposing it should only say 8700 km, without mentioning any weird moon units at all.

    Well, nautical miles are based on a particular dimension of the Earth, so don't count as "moon units" (and they're also older than kilometres...).

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