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[+] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Oh, that one was new for me. In Denmark we something similar. We call it Error 40.

”Error 40", where the error is not in the machine, but approximately 40 cm in front of the screen.

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[–] TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 2 points 6 months ago

Nice haha, also a new one for me.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 6 months ago

approximately 40 cm

Hmm, how approximate?

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