▲ 253 ▼ Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago (3 children) Comedy gold. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 31 points 2 years ago (3 children) Wonder if this is just the website not being able to cut the number in half, or whether they did this on purpose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I feel like its on purpose but i also feel like web designers are often incompetent with stuff like that. So im undecided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago Maybe the boss said, "Remove wordwrap in headline text for this post." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 2 years ago* To be fair the browser default for stuff like this is often kind of bad. Like browsers would rather give you a scroll bar than do a word break (and I can pretty much guarantee that's what's happened here as I can scroll right and see the full number). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The Register kind-of models itself after a tabloid style so has deliberately jokey headlines. It's been around a long time (I read it in the 90s) and seems to have quality underneath the humor. Possibly the only remaining place where you can read the word "boffins" regularly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 10 points 2 years ago I think it’s a CSS issue. Word wrapping won’t break apart the amount because it’s considered one “word.” There are ways to address it though. Source: I’m a full stack web application developer permalink fedilink source parent [–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 4 points 2 years ago Or do. It's not like people care if he breathes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) On my phone website fits the screen & appears normal, scrolling right reveals rest of the monies permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yepyep, did the same on mine, I just zoomed the page out. Honestly, really hope they did this on purpose, although I've seen plenty of cases where someone forgot to scale the text to Mobile and it went careening off-screen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 31 points 2 years ago (3 children) Wonder if this is just the website not being able to cut the number in half, or whether they did this on purpose permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I feel like its on purpose but i also feel like web designers are often incompetent with stuff like that. So im undecided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago Maybe the boss said, "Remove wordwrap in headline text for this post." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 2 years ago* To be fair the browser default for stuff like this is often kind of bad. Like browsers would rather give you a scroll bar than do a word break (and I can pretty much guarantee that's what's happened here as I can scroll right and see the full number). permalink fedilink source parent [–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The Register kind-of models itself after a tabloid style so has deliberately jokey headlines. It's been around a long time (I read it in the 90s) and seems to have quality underneath the humor. Possibly the only remaining place where you can read the word "boffins" regularly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 10 points 2 years ago I think it’s a CSS issue. Word wrapping won’t break apart the amount because it’s considered one “word.” There are ways to address it though. Source: I’m a full stack web application developer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) I feel like its on purpose but i also feel like web designers are often incompetent with stuff like that. So im undecided. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago Maybe the boss said, "Remove wordwrap in headline text for this post." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 2 years ago* To be fair the browser default for stuff like this is often kind of bad. Like browsers would rather give you a scroll bar than do a word break (and I can pretty much guarantee that's what's happened here as I can scroll right and see the full number). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago Maybe the boss said, "Remove wordwrap in headline text for this post." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 2 years ago* To be fair the browser default for stuff like this is often kind of bad. Like browsers would rather give you a scroll bar than do a word break (and I can pretty much guarantee that's what's happened here as I can scroll right and see the full number). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The Register kind-of models itself after a tabloid style so has deliberately jokey headlines. It's been around a long time (I read it in the 90s) and seems to have quality underneath the humor. Possibly the only remaining place where you can read the word "boffins" regularly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 10 points 2 years ago I think it’s a CSS issue. Word wrapping won’t break apart the amount because it’s considered one “word.” There are ways to address it though. Source: I’m a full stack web application developer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 4 points 2 years ago Or do. It's not like people care if he breathes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) On my phone website fits the screen & appears normal, scrolling right reveals rest of the monies permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yepyep, did the same on mine, I just zoomed the page out. Honestly, really hope they did this on purpose, although I've seen plenty of cases where someone forgot to scale the text to Mobile and it went careening off-screen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yepyep, did the same on mine, I just zoomed the page out. Honestly, really hope they did this on purpose, although I've seen plenty of cases where someone forgot to scale the text to Mobile and it went careening off-screen. permalink fedilink source parent
