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minus-squareCevilia (they/she/…)linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-25 months agoIt has ORDER BY Hour DESC, results placed anticlockwise?
minus-square@tias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink9•5 months agoBut… why would you place them anticlockwise when the hands move in a clockwise direction
minus-squareCevilia (they/she/…)linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoWhy would it have them in descending order in the first place? Nothing of this makes sense!
minus-square@tias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink4•edit-25 months agoProbably to make them appear right in clockwise order! Sometimes two wrongs make a right. Except when lexical ordering is used.
minus-square@porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilink9•5 months agoIt’s an American/British English difference
minus-squareCevilia (they/she/…)linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoLiterally never said that in my life?
minus-square@HelloRoot@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoYou can learn something new every day.
It has ORDER BY Hour DESC, results placed anticlockwise?
But… why would you place them anticlockwise when the hands move in a clockwise direction
Why would it have them in descending order in the first place? Nothing of this makes sense!
Probably to make them appear right in clockwise order! Sometimes two wrongs make a right. Except when lexical ordering is used.
Isn’t the word counter-clockwise?
It’s an American/British English difference
Til
Widdershins.
Literally never said that in my life?
You can learn something new every day.