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minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoIt has ORDER BY Hour DESC, results placed anticlockwise?
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoIsn’t the word counter-clockwise?
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s an American/British English difference
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoLiterally never said that in my life?
minus-squareHelloRoot@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYou can learn something new every day.
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoBut… why would you place them anticlockwise when the hands move in a clockwise direction
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWhy would it have them in descending order in the first place? Nothing of this makes sense!
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoProbably to make them appear right in clockwise order! Sometimes two wrongs make a right. Except when lexical ordering is used.
It has ORDER BY Hour DESC, results placed anticlockwise?
Isn’t the word counter-clockwise?
Widdershins.
It’s an American/British English difference
Til
Literally never said that in my life?
You can learn something new every day.
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.