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Which protocol or open standard do you like or wish was more popular? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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There are a couple I have in mind. Like many techies, I am a huge fan of RSS for content distribution and XMPP for federated communication.

The really niche one I like is S-expressions as a data format and configuration in place of json, yaml, toml, etc.

I am a big fan of Plaintext formats, although I wish markdown had a few more features like tables.

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[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What about thermostats for homes? I can absolutely feel a 2 deg F difference

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~Also whole degrees.~~ edit: no, that's wrong, there are thermostats that allow 1/10th of degrees (I only have old manual ones). Still, you probably are not able to tell the difference between 20 and 20.1 °C. Humidity is far more relevant.

A difference of 2 °F is 1.1 °C...

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 2 months ago

I use °C and I feel the need to use the places after the decimal. Also, I feel nothing wrong about it.

Also, I use °F for body temperature measurement and need to use the places after the decimal and feel fine with it.

Also, when using °C for body temperature, I still require the same number of decimal places as I require for °F.

I am not saying that °F is not useful, but I am invalidating your argument.