Auk

@Auk@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨puns⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here

  is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: If you still have a Mojang account for Minecraft: Java Edition, you have less than a week left to migrate to a Microsoft account to avoid profile deletion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm, I found creating a new Microsoft account and doing literally nothing with it for around half an hour is suspicious enough to lock the account and require a phone number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are obviously exceptions, hence why I said often instead of always. Think larger scale and/or involving fixed objects and cardinal directions tend to be logical, for example:

  • Install the equipment in the western plant room.

  • Please set up the workstation near the power point on the western wall of the room.

  • Come in via Foo Rd, when you get to the intersection with Bar Rd turn west.

  • My desk is in the south western corner of the office.

  • Walk west along the ridge from the carpark, then once you reach the giant boulder take the northern spur down to the river.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep - in the northern hemisphere a sundial shadow will move from west to east in a clockwise fashion; in the southern hemisphere it still goes west to east but does so moving anticlockwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Cardinal directions as references instead of left/right are often a better option when describing locations, more people should use them. It's not like it's hard to get an idea of where north is - even if you're a bit challenged on the spatial awareness front basically everyone these days has a phone that will easily tell you this.