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New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
Get your shortnames while the getting’s good.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/new-twitter-launches-says-musks-x-gave-up-the-name/emoji3
Replying to @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
2022: Come on, it’s just 8$ it’s basically the price of a coffee.
2026: Come on, it’s just 20$ it’s basically the price of a coffee.
Replying to @Jinarched@lemmy.ca
Literally every year since the internet was created: the dollar sign goes before the number, my dude.
Replying to @TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works
The dollar sign in English, maybe. But other languages and currencies have the symbol after the value, so it’s easy to get confused
Replying to @Scrollone@feddit.it
I understand that it’s different in other languages, but I often see this behavior from native US Americans who only speak English.