Comment on What has he done to deserve this?
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoA second piece of code that read this data assumed it was in the metric unit—“newtons per square meter"
Comment on What has he done to deserve this?
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoA second piece of code that read this data assumed it was in the metric unit—“newtons per square meter"
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yes… Code doesn’t write itself.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The machine running that code cares about the definition of the units in that code.
Machines do care.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Machines don’t care about shit, they blindly do what they’re told. Garbage in, garbage out.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I wouldn’t go so far as to call imperial units garbage.