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> Y2K20 It’s 2020. Why use a cryptic abbreviation with more characters? If they want to use the SI “k” prefix shouldn’t it be Y2.02k?
by coin 7y ago
> Y2K20
It’s 2020. Why use a cryptic abbreviation with more characters? If they want to use the SI “k” prefix shouldn’t it be Y2.02k?
- M4v3R 7y agoIt's probably just a play on the original "Y2K" name for the problems in year 2000.
- glenngillen 7y agoMight also be actually related to the same problem: https://twitter.com/jef_poskanzer/status/1213258774938415104?s=20 https://twitter.com/jef_poskanzer/status/1213258774938415104...
- analog31 7y agoPerhaps it's a reference to a standard for labeling electronic components. For instance a resistor with 3300 Ohms will be labeled "3k3" on a diagram. It eliminates the decimal point, which might be hard to read or even fall off if it's printed on a tiny component.
- a1369209993 7y agoThat would be "2K02". It's actually a (bad) abbreviation of "two[2] thousand[K] twenty[20]".