Tabs, not spaces.
I don't give a shit if your arguments perfectly align to the function. It's only semantic indication. Use the goddamn special character that has its own dedicated key.
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All dates should be formatted according to ISO 8601 standard (YYYY-MM-DD).
Months should be adjusted so September, October, November, and December are the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th month respectively (so the literally meaning of the names accords with their actual meaning).
Not cleaning your kitchen knife after sharpening is trashy and contaminates your food with metal shavings.
void main() {
//code
}
Is better than
void main()
{
//code
}
Why would you want to put it on a separate line? Are you paid by the height of the source file or something?
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February should only have 1 r
And what is this roo?
Februay feels weird to say
English verbs have historically had present form, past form, and past participle form, eg. go / went / gone. I'm sad to see the past participle form being phased out of American English. People I went to school with and who I'm sure were taught differently (not to mention innumerable podcasters and public radio personalities), now say things like: "By the time I got home I found he'd already went," eliminating the past participle and instead using the past form. Had saw is not uncommon either. I am old enough I refuse to incorporate this development in the language. If I ever encounter had was/were in the wild I might blow a gasket. Now entering my fuddy-duddy years :(
Okay I believe you and all, but I genuinely donβt understand. My partner has even criticized this in my language but I donβt get it.
Sincerely someone who wants to understand and was unfortunately homeschooled by dumb fucks
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I've also noticed an increase in using "had [done]" instead of [did] in places I wouldn't expect. I'm sure a linguist could break that down more thoroughly.
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There is a letter G in the word recognise. Bloody use it. What people all say is "reckonise" which is not the same word. Also driving on the left just makes way more sense.
driving on the left just makes way more sense.
Only because it's what you're used to. Also I know there are countries (Sweden, or was it Norway?) that have switched which side they drive on, and as far as I know no one has switched from right to left.
I have a reason. Most people are right handed. In a Right hand drive car with manual gears your preferred hand remains on the steering wheel when you change gears. Also messing with the stereo or climate controls also leaves your preferred hand on the wheel.
That's a fair point actually, and one I've not heard before. I'm not sure it's worth trying to convert all (checks notes) 174 countries/territories to right-hand drive, but that's reasonable.
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Single-speed bicycles suck.
They combine the drawbacks of a geared bike with the drawbacks of a fixed gear bike.
Whaaat.
I'm not necessarily challenging your opinion because aparently you're going to die on this hill, but ...
This is not a tiny hill.
But most people would say that single speed has none of the disadvantages of fixed.
As an aside, I have 3 bikes. I've never ridden a fixie but holy fuck I would love to have one.
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Probably a slightly higher stair in a staircase one day
Water is wet
I had and endless argument with some someone about this a while ago here's how it works (in my opinion) wetness is not a fundamental property of water instead wetness is having water on or inside something so a towel is wet when it has water in it. But a singular water particle by itself is not wet because it is not surrounded by water but most water is wet because they are all surrounded by other water particles.
A particle of water may be surrounded by water but when we talk about water we're usually referring to a body of water like that in a glass or pot rather than one particle thereof.
Is the water in that glass wet? No. The glass is wet.
A room can be "airy" but the air in that room is not "airy".
A car can be painted but paint is not painted.
... and so on and so forth.
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