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Can we please just use a space for thousands and something else for decimals? Use a comma, point, hedgehog emoji ๐Ÿฆ” or whatever happens to be traditional in your country, but please make sure it will never ever be confused with a thousands separator.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

We solved it in Hungary by absolutely not having a thousands separator. At least not officially. A couple of people and systems use space, but most of the people doesn't separate thousands at all. The decimal separator is a dot.