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Scripts I wrote that I use all the time

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768 points speckx | 2 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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1. WCSTombs ◴[22 Oct 25 20:34 UTC] No.45674812[source]▶
The NATO alphabet is made of commonly known words that are hard to misspell and hard to mishear (at least the initial phonemes). The person on the other end doesn't need to be able to recite the words, they just need to be able to hear "november" and recognize that it starts with N.
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2. giraffe_lady ◴[23 Oct 25 00:46 UTC] No.45676954[source]▶
Yes thank you that's a good description of what a phonetic alphabet is and how it's used.