Talk:2937: Room Code

Obviously, for many of us it would be more helpful as a mnemonic for a slightly older relative born on May 18, 2002. But since the author is American, it is of course reasonable for him not to have mentioned this. 162.158.134.235 20:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

ISO-8601 FTW.

ProphetZarquon (talk) 14:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Do "many" of you use YYMMDD though? YY rather than YYYY? Many, many of us use DDMMYY though. Yorkshire Pudding (talk) 20:46, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

UK resident here. I have only used YYYYMMDD at the start of file names to manually produce versioning order.RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 07:30, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Another Brit. Having dealt with transatlantic stuff, I switched to YYYY/MM/DD exclusively due to being utterly fed up with trying to work out when an ambiguous date (like in this example, or the infamous 9th of November) was supposed to be. 172.71.131.158 21:40, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

This particular Brit (also veteran of Y2K, at the same time as regularly "talkin' to 'Merkins" and having to make sure I don't confuzzle them either with what a Rightpondian would write or by them assuming that I'm writing in Rightpondian when I'm not) continues to tend to use DD/Mmm/YYYY for anything with a human-reading focus. Or something like YYYYMMDD(-hh(mm(ss))), as per RIIW's situational reasoning where dumb alphanumeric ordering might dominate in primarily computer-reading scenarios. 172.69.79.164 23:32, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, add me to the "2nd of May" club. (Or whatever young relative I can retrospectively induce to join, anyway.) 172.69.79.165 22:58, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, of course DDMMYY is a thing as well (although I would have expected dots or something), I might have mentioned that. Here in Sweden, YYMMDD is very common, along with YYYY-MM-DD, D/M YYYY and YYYYMMDD (the latter increasingly so, very rare before y2k). YY-MM-DD and D/M -YY are rather less common (after y2k). Formats with dots or Roman numerals are almost unheard of, as are middle-endianness and anything with slashes before or after the year. Source: subjective experience.) (Of course, many Swedes also realize that months have names that alleviate ambiguity.) 162.158.134.242 04:30, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Now I want some kind of joke about Your Mileage May Vary, but it's some variation of YYDMDM. (Yes Your Date May Deviate Massively?)

ProphetZarquon (talk) 14:12, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

My birthday is actually May 18, XXXX, and I am American, but I always use XX0518 for a 6 number code.

Which brings up https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2562:_Formatting_Meeting (I don't know how to do internal links) 172.71.22.80 20:52, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I know that State Side, they say that as you write May 2nd 2024, then it's right to have MMDDYYYY, but they celebrate the 4th of July! However, in the UK we are likely to date letters 2nd May, 2024. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 07:30, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Now I want some kind of joke about Your Mileage May Vary, but it's some variation of YYDMDM. (Yes Your Date May Deviate Massively?)

YMMD (Your Mileage May Differ)

ProphetZarquon (talk) 14:12, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

"I don't know how to do internal links" At the very bottom of the Editing page, "Editing help (opens in new window)", which goes to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links and you want "Internal links" --PRR (talk) 00:11, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

In case it helps, I've just written something, at least so long as that user doesn't delete or change my contribution which summarises (badly?) the general gamut of linking options you might need to employ here. It's tuned to explainxkcd usage, rather than the full (in their own way) and perhaps more precise wikipedia standards that the above link gives. And it was written on the spur of the moment, not really so carefully edited. But FYI. 162.158.38.70 21:04, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Also related 1179:_ISO_8601 --172.71.160.93 09:09, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

wait...so y'all actually don't need help with remembering numbers? oh. I can usually memorize like 10 long strings of random numbers almost instantly by finding patterns through them. order through chaos? 42.book.addict (talk) 02:13, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

These patterns are a kind of mnemonic, duh. Only works if you're comfortable enough with numbers (to be able to find some pattern in any digit string), otherwise one should use a more familiar association. 172.68.194.201 14:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

I usually remember numbers with their pattern on computer or telephone keys. When I recite π, I start moving my hand through the air at some point. Here the even position digits are ascending in the middle and the others are 001, so quite easy. Fabian42 (talk) 03:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

I remember random information by putting it in my phone! RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 07:30, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

He forgot to dot the question mark. 🤭 --162.158.74.68 09:41, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

I always have a pen to write on my hand for this reason tbh Psychoticpotato (talk) 03:31, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

The trouble is, most people couldn't do it for this doorcode. It has six digits, but the typical hand only ever has five! 172.69.194.207 09:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. 172.68.194.178 09:50, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

The room code 020518 as listed consists of prime numbers 2 and 5 (with 3 missing). however both are preceded by a zero. The 18 is interpreted as non prime (it is not) but the 2x3x3 seems a bit far off from any prime. Would the alternative explanation 0-5 is a zero followed by the prime number five --- followed by 1 - 8 which is 0+1 and 7+1 which could be logical continuation of 0+0-5+0, 0+1-7+1, followed by e.g. 0+2, 11+2 etc. - as such series sometime go. 172.70.46.193 14:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)