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by netsharc 924 days ago
I wonder how the Americans feel that the weeks begin on Monday :)

I wanted to figure out where the developer is from (presumably Europe because of the use of A4/A5), the terms of services is just a template, e.g. (not being judgemental, I found it amusing):

> Contact Us: If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [insert company email address].

Edit: less amusing is the "download for free" button opening a credit card input field. I can enter 0.00 as payment, but it still wants my email address. Maybe I can enter "[Insert buyer e-mail address here]"? The Etsy store's owner's name sounds Polish.

3 comments

American calendar weeks begin on Sunday in order to break up free time as a concept - and make work front & center. Oh how obnoxious & boring.
I think it’s because the Jewish (and therefore the Christian) week traditionally starts on Sunday.

That being said, I like having the week start on Sunday (despite Germany starting weeks on Mondays) because I can just open the calendar app on Sunday night and see if I have any appointments early on Monday morning without switching weeks.

Regarding start of the week, will do that, I think browsers added support for checking that recently. Sorry folks, 99% of the world uses Monday ;)
I think it’s more like 70 percent, given that apparently India starts the week with Sunday as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week
yeah it was hacked quickly together. Eventually I'll make it possible to just save as pdf from the browser but for now, if you don't feel like leaving the email is an option, use some temp email service. I'm from Pl, yes