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Scripts I wrote that I use all the time

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768 points speckx | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 14:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wiether ◴[22 Oct 25 17:56 UTC] No.45672776[source]▶
It's been a while since I haven't read something as useful!

There also some very niche stuff that I won't use but found funny

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giraffe_lady ◴[22 Oct 25 17:57 UTC] No.45672794[source]▶
The nato phonetic alphabet one cracked me up. My dude you don't need that, call center employees don't know it, just say S as in Sugar like ur grandma used to.
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ericyd ◴[22 Oct 25 18:02 UTC] No.45672863[source]▶
The nato phonetic alphabet is still useful even if the other party doesn't know it, I've used it a bunch of times on the phone to spell out my 10- letter last name. Saves quite a lot of time and energy for me vs saying "letter as in word" for each letter.
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giraffe_lady ◴[22 Oct 25 18:47 UTC] No.45673453{3}[source]▶
Right but it's not much more useful than any other phonetic alphabet the other party doesn't know, including the one you make up on the spot.
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1. sfink ◴[22 Oct 25 20:33 UTC] No.45674796{4}[source]▶
If you're me, it's still useful because the ones I make up on the spot aren't great.

"S-T-E-V-E @ gmail.com, S as in sun, T as in taste, ..." "Got it, fpeve."