Post AMYUSIT0KY0XTB2coC by dalius_berger@plush.city
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 (DIR) Post #AMI2YRPpPG4tyluqmW by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-07T16:22:23Z
       
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       I think "thousand" should be erased as a name and the whole scale of million billion trillion should shift down one set of 3 zeroes.Result:Million = Mono = 1 set of 3 zeroesBillion = Bi = 2 sets of 3 zeroesTrillion = Tri..etc.Million is derived from the Italian Mille meaning one thousand. This whole augmentative suffix of one BS should not be accepted.Either make it consistent or stop implementing partial fixes. Partial fixes tend to not play out well in the long run.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI3X2fg1I6CttE3aS by kai@ajin.la
       2022-08-07T16:33:21Z
       
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       @brandon https://www.smartick.com/blog/other-contents/curiosities/european-billion-american-billion/
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI481PJgKTNhACrw0 by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-07T16:40:03Z
       
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       @kai 🤦‍♂️ Oh god, so that Long Scale uses "# of sets of 6 zeroes" plus an -ard to denote "# of sets of 6 zeroes plus 3 zeroes"That's dumber.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI4Ea4ph4v6xUkl0q by kai@ajin.la
       2022-08-07T16:41:14Z
       
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       @brandon when I found out about this I thought, how is it even possible that words don't mean the same thing? ugh
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI4l31Dcn7PzDXnM0 by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-07T16:47:03Z
       
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       @kai Just like how chips in NA are potato chips but chips in Europe (or at least England) are referring to french fries? :P Or how "pants" in NA refers basically to shorts that go to or past your ankles in length and in British English "pants" refers to undergarments? :P
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI5xJN2koC089AEZE by kai@ajin.la
       2022-08-07T17:00:30Z
       
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       @brandon I had the apparently false notion that numbers were numbers. Units are understandable, but needing to specify a scale in addition feels like madness.See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI6X37kdUfWAR3JOC by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-07T17:06:58Z
       
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       @kai Like the imperial and metric tonnes?That must fuck up a LOT of stuff. The only reason these things don't fall off the wayside is because the folks who force their usage have a lot of influence internationally
       
 (DIR) Post #AMI7XpOfG6kvpwtm64 by kai@ajin.la
       2022-08-07T17:18:19Z
       
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       @brandon I can't imagine.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMYUSIT0KY0XTB2coC by dalius_berger@plush.city
       2022-08-15T14:50:24Z
       
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       @brandon With that system you would get4 septendecillion == 4* 10^(17*3)
       
 (DIR) Post #AMYUvsVZPNn5eELZQm by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-15T14:55:45Z
       
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       @dalius_berger sept = 7 Dec = 10So 7+10, makes sense to me!