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		sgreenlay on Dec 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hac... 178 is the number, and 72 is the percentage. Unfortunately the comma is easy to mistake for a period.

cbhl on Dec 4, 2012 | [–]

Sounds like an i18n nightmare waiting to happen; in some locales, the comma is the period and vice versa.

tetester on Dec 4, 2012 | [–]

I'm the stupid one :(

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