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0 pointskhedoros18y ago0 comments

I'm not ignoring the "by default" part; it's the crux of my complaint. There's a reason that I included that part of the text when I quoted it, after all. I perfectly understand that exa has a "-B" option.

> HN is so predictable that I knew someone would complain about this the second I read it

And I considered there'd be a pretty good chance that I'd get a reply like this.

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always_good8y ago

"""When I've got two similar but non-identical files, and I think that the difference between their sizes might be important."""

Doesn't sound like a default case to me.

Seems obvious that you're responding to "when would you not want human-readable file sizes?" which was a question never asked.

khedoros1OP8y ago

I think it's obvious that you're bikeshedding minor parts of my comments. As I originally stated, the whole thing is a "silly nitpick" about something that I (quite honestly) only have a weak preference toward.

So, yes, I concede that my posts weren't composed with exquisite clarity, and they aren't devoid of opportunity for misunderstanding. You win.

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