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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is this real or am I eating the onion

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're eating the onion. I could see some government agency deciding that they as an agency would standardize on tabs, though even that would be a stretch. But not the White House.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

By adopting a tab-delimited approach to softwaremaking, ONCD is ensuring that the technical community’s expertise is reflected in how the Federal Government approaches these inconsistencies. Creators of software can have an outsized impact on the Nation’s shared security by factoring standardized tabulations into the development process.

For anyone who doesn’t want to read that whole thing.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Lol I almost fell for it. I just Ctrl+F'd the link, no occurence of "tab" in the press release :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

You mfer you made me actually read