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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There would be good reason not to do this when testing the backend of a computer system for accuracy.

That being said, if the display is in test mode there no reason not to set the font to Wingdings. And probably have a big “TEST MODE -NOT OFFICIAL” banner.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

There's no reason not to put up the real numbers, least of all for the three days these were up for.