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Not only that, but TIL : HN automatically converts 'million' to 'M' and pulls the amount together, even if the title submitted is too long.
by the-dude 5y ago
Not only that, but TIL : HN automatically converts 'million' to 'M' and pulls the amount together, even if the title submitted is too long.
- barkingcat 5y agoautomation is overrated. I wouldn't be surprised if it was manually done by one of the backend admins or editors
- mosselman 5y agoI love simple-looking software that has nifty features hidden away behind the scenes where you’d never expect it. I pointed a non-tech recruiter of ours to HN the other day and she said “that’s a weird looking site”. Yes, yes it is and I like it.
- sim_card_map 5y agonothing weird about HN it's perfect
- dgfitz 5y agoI've always found the indentation being done by a gif kind of weird. But hey, it works.
- sim_card_map 5y agoit's because it was created like this 15 years ago, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it I wish every website followed this rule
- paulpan 5y agoI was wondering what made HN special, aside from its user community. The simplicity and self-governance model are atop that list. In other words, what if HN was a subreddit? There is actually a parallel one already set up: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews/ https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews/
- fnord77 5y agoit's funny - in the banking world, at least with bonds, 'M' is 1000 and 'MM' is 1 million then you have fox news who uses "G" for 1000, as in 1 grand.
- kevincox 5y agoThat is sad. We have standards like SI units to help us communicate. Something as wide and non-specialized as Fox News should be using common standards.
- mypalmike 5y agoFox News literally had a segment where Tucker Carlson and a guest ranted about how the metric system is a tyrannical globalist plot. I don't think they're interested in such standards.
- gopher_space 5y agoIs there a better way to signal that you've never worked with your hands?
- elliekelly 5y agoThe way M is used so inconsistently always means I have to stop and ponder the context when I read it.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI do not think the convention of using multiple Ms makes sense anymore in a world of billions and trillions. No reason to use MMM or MMMM instead of k, M, B, T, and eventually Q. The usage of G is just regrettable, although I guess there is a population that does not associate k with thousand. But that’s more of an indictment in lack of adequate education that they would not have experience with sufficient science courses.
- ewalk153 5y agoNot sure of the history of the Ms, but it could come from French: 1000 = mille 10e6 = million 10e9 = millard