• Kacarott@aussie.zone
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    3 days ago

    Largest to smallest is also wrong. In 2025/01/28, the 28 is larger than the 01.

    It should be “most significant” to “least significant”

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      3 days ago

      largest to smallest is correct. 1 mile is larger than 20 meters. if i had specified numerical value or somesuch, maybe you’d be correct. though significance works as well.

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        3 days ago

        Largest to smallest is at best ambiguous. It can refer to the size of the number itself, or the size of the unit.

        There is a reason this exact concept in maths/computer science is known as the “significance” of the digit. Eg. The “least significant bit” in binary is the last one.