@xssfox There's also a great article about fallacies...

@xssfox There's also a great article about fallacies concerning people's names

Like 4 Oct 2023 at 10:54 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.scot

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@xssfox The most common programmer's fallacies I encounter are:

- Sentences start with a noun
- Nouns have 1 singular form that maps to the number 1, and 1 plural form that maps to all other numbers

Both break down as soon as you ask people to translate your software to a language unlike English.

4 Oct 2023 at 10:57 | Open on mastodon.scot

@xssfox Two more postcode fallacies that I have encountered in the wild:

1. Postcodes have a maximum of 5 characters. Good luck entering a UK postcode into that German form...

2. British English for "Zip" is "Postcode". Send a zip file in Skype to get a good laugh

4 Oct 2023 at 11:23 | Open on mastodon.scot

@gunchleoc @xssfox these aren't even true in english

16 Oct 2023 at 5:28 | Open on mastodon.social