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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 weeks ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] nick@midwest.social 91 points 3 weeks ago

It’s concrete, not cement. (Sidewalks for example, or foundations of buildings, etc)

Cement is an ingredient in concrete.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

It's "cement concrete," or in other words, concrete with a cementitious binder (e.g. lime, Portland cement, pozzolan, fly ash, etc.).

That's in contrast to "asphalt concrete" (the black stuff roads are often paved with), which is concrete with a heavy petroleum (asphalt, a.k.a. bitumen) binder.

"Concrete" just means aggregate plus a fluid binder that cures and hardens. Arguably, things like epoxy quartz countertops and terrazzo flooring are "concrete," too.

[-] nick@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Fair point. I usually just correct people when they are talking about cement concrete. I’ve never actually heard of “asphalt concrete”

I just inherited this quirk from my dad is all

[-] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

I hope the next time your father uses asphalt you correct him

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