Los@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoUpdate from Lemmy after the Reddit blackoutjoin-lemmy.orgexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down10cross-posted to: meta@programming.devmain@exploding-heads.comgeneral@lemmy.cafemeta@wayfarershaven.eufreemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.mllemmy_cat@lemmy.cattech@pawb.socialtechnology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareSam Vimes@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
minus-squarelukini@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYes, every single English speaking country uses a period for decimals. And English Wikipedia requires it in their style guide.
minus-squareDeprecatedCompatV2@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGermany uses a comma, and you can check this by setting your phone to en_DE.
minus-squarelukini@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd they speak German. I’ll trust the English countries on how to format numbers in English.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
Yes, every single English speaking country uses a period for decimals. And English Wikipedia requires it in their style guide.
Germany uses a comma, and you can check this by setting your phone to en_DE.
And they speak German. I’ll trust the English countries on how to format numbers in English.