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xkcd #2937: Room Code (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Deebster@programming.dev to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Sorry to make you memorize this random string of digits. If it helps, it can also double as a mnemonic for remembering your young relatives' birthdays, if they happened to have been born on February 5th, 2018.

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[–] hk_a@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or, just remember sun, soul, tough. Zero is 's', 2 in 'n', 5 is 'L', 1 is 't', and 8 is 'f'

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Ah, the major system. I have a slightly different version: 1 is L, 5 is f/v (FiVe) and 8 is ch/J. Sun, sci-fi, lichee maybe.