• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    3 is the lower number that could fit there. Other numbers could fit depending on how much erase there was, but 3 is the lowest, thus the safest guess.

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      3 days ago

      That’s great. I could see it was a 3 but I couldn’t explain how I knew until I scrolled.

      The pattern that the 7 above was also clipped revealing the edge of the 3 also was missed made it click.

      Neat!

      I wouldn’t have caught the 6 over there was clipped though. That’s some analysis right there. Thorough.

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      3 days ago

      I think you’re right.

      The 2’s, 7’s, and 8’s, as well as the letters B, C, D, and L are all 5 dots wide. The 1 is only 3 wide, and the 0 is only 4 wide, but each seems to have a larger gap to the next number. The punctuation (colon and period) seems to be 2 dots wide with significant spacing around them. That suggests this font is a monospaced font with each character 5 dots wide, spaced 2 dots apart.

      So it makes sense for 3 to use all 5 dots of width. And the one unambiguous 3 we see is 4 dots wide, placed in a spot approximately one dot too far right. The way you’ve filled in the 3 makes the most sense, and leads to the straightforward conclusion that the unidentified character is a 3.

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    4 days ago

    It is a 5.

    Nothing left to guess. All others can be ruled out with the dots that we actually see.

    2 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the upper left corner.

    3 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the lower left corner.

    7 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the lower left corner.

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    4 days ago

    2 or 5. If I had to guess, it would be 2

    1: no 2: Possibly 3: no 4: no - no examples, but I don’t think any format would have the 2 dots at the bottom left corner 5: Possibly - no examples though 6: no 7: No 8: no 9: No - no examples, but same reason as 4

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        4 days ago

        If it were a 2, I think the left side of the 2 may have been cut off

        Very crude markup:

        • Green: The dots I think were included
        • Red: The dots I’m assuming you’re referring to (in which case I would agree with you)
        • Blue: Showing the (extremely rough) alignment. Based on the 7, there’s a max of 5 dots across for a given character. Indicating there is a potential row on the left that may either be the actual left side of the character (in which case it would be red and you would be right), or it’s also a misprint (which then it ccoouulldd be green)

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    4 days ago

    The BBD year is 2026 and you’ve already opened the can. Man, if we were roommates and you’d called me downstairs for this…

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    Best before date is not a used by date. You can eat something well after a best before date, it just might not be exactly the same as something “fresh”, but still edible. Used by is when there’s a chance for harm.

    My vote is “3” even though it doesn’t match the 3 above it.

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      My vote is to taste and smell the fucking thing. This is what every chef in every kitchen you eat at has always done. That will tell you if it’s edible. BBD is a suggestion, so a few months out of date means wildly different things if it’s been kept at an average of 20c or 30c.

      I’ve tasted shit that was 5 years past BBD. Didn’t taste good, but didn’t cause any harm. Trust your taste and smell to tell you what’s bad. Evolution spent millions of years tuning your senses.

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    Those printers have small heads and print (in this case) left to right. Most likely it is not missing dots in the same column, which discards the chance of a 5. I would say it is a 3.

    If you bought more than one can, check the other ones, as most likely they are from the same batch.

    From another angle: who cares! You ate it already, and the BBD year is 2026