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date    = "2022-08-30T10:37:14+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-08-30T10:37:14+00:00"
tags    = [ "musings"]
author  = "tdro"
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There's an [old article](https://inessential.com/2014/03/31/mark_all_as_read)
from the developer of [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com/)
({{< abbr RSS "Really Simple Syndication" >}} reader) that questions the idea of
the unread count. You can't read all the unread --- so why entertain a time
consuming mythos around that number?

It applies everywhere --- What narratives might people create around the
programming language `%` numbers on [GitHub](https://github.com/)? Do they waste
time thinking/fretting about their mythos? Fun to think about.

![GitHub's Language Savant](https://res.cloudinary.com/dpszgzqjb/image/upload/v1661854978/number-mythos.png "
  GitHub's Language Savant [Linguist](https://github.com/github/linguist/#readme)"
)