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Is '~1 m' meters or miles?

• louprado 9y ago
  This is science!, therefore, metric system. Also GPS navigation errors of 1 mile would have been something you would have noticed.
• eganist 9y ago
  m is standard for meters mi is standard for miles -- Good ask.
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  • nardi 9y ago
    "Ask" is bad enough as a synonym for "request." I really hope we can avoid "ask" also becoming accepted as a synonym for "question."
    • d33 9y ago
      Why? Decreasing language complexity sounds like a good idea. It's not like "question" or "request" are going away, it's just adding a simple context-specific word that is already used in similar situations.
• lopmotr 9y ago
  Where have you ever seen 'm' used for miles? Wherever that is, go there and scribble it out! Also tell off the person who wrote it.
  • dmix 9y ago
    mph is the only acronym I've seen it used without mi.
  • jloughry 9y ago
    It's used that way on highway signs in England, where it's very confusing.
    • alanh 9y ago
      ’orrifying.
    • kdelok 9y ago
      I'm not sure it's very confusing. Context suggests that you're not going to be told how many metres you are away from London.
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