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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn't exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don't notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

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[–] perviouslyiner 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

because it's DE-9?

Bonus points for anyone who knows why VGA bothers you...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

You win some points.

I really dislike that some companies even call out they do it wrong because of momentum. It is not an arbitrary name. Its a d-subminiature shell e low density with 9 pins. A B shell has a low density size of 25. They're different things.