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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't get the joke.. ?

I am assuming there really is a standardized format that uses tabs? Or do you just see it as intuitive to replace the commas with tabs? I'm really curious. I haven't typically worked with huge datasets but when I've worked with exported/transitional data stored in files it is normally either a json or a csv (or a mysql export).

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bit of a joke related to bringing "what is TSV" to an "intense" TSV vs CSV debate.

As for TSV itself, it's a widely used standard from 32 years ago, and is often a default record delimiter when used with GNU/POSIX tools.

It mostly exists as legacy at this point, as people now prefer quoted values like those given in CSV (ver2) and JSON formats.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Also most of (continental) Europe uses semi-colon delimiter, because comma is decimal separator.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate this so much, decimal localisation should be visually represented and saved with decimal points.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's only decimal "point" in English though.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Would you want time to be saved as the 1/1000000 of a moon cycle since the last celestial alignment? Or rather, would you care if it’s visualised as Christian based time?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 19 hours ago

ch-christian time...? that other one sounds insane

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Ah, ok. Thanks for this response!