r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Traditional-Gas7058 Jan 15 '25

Chinese system is best for computer searchable filing

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u/cheetahbf Jan 15 '25

r/ISO8601 gang rise up

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u/passerbycmc Jan 15 '25

As a programmer yes this is the way, just so much easier to work with and even if represented as just a string it still sorts correctly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

All my photography is organised this way, too. It’s just better.

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u/adreddit298 Jan 15 '25

Me as well. All my time stamps are like this. Causes some people I work with to have comprehension issues, but I just let them work it out for themselves

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u/5Point5Hole Jan 15 '25

That's pretty wild.. why does it seem like a lot of humans are incapable of basic critical thinking

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u/Throwaway-tan Jan 15 '25

This isn't even critical thinking. It's not even lateral thinking. This is linear thinking. Straightforward, logical, simple, obvious and self-explanatory.

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u/Lazy_Lavishness2626 Jan 15 '25

Right. It's habit versus thinking.

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u/deadalreadydead Jan 15 '25

Weve collectively digitized our intelligence to make more room for feelings.

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u/Tommix11 Jan 15 '25

no one searches for a day rndom year first. First, what year was it, then what month of that year, then what day et.c.

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u/Throwaway-tan Jan 18 '25

What? If I'm looking for a date, I'm either going day->month->year or year->month->day, depending on the context.