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When I saw "20A" and "18A" I thought maybe they'd moved to using silicon atom diameters as a unit of measure, which seemed to make sense. Turns out it means 10^
by cjdell 5y ago
When I saw "20A" and "18A" I thought maybe they'd moved to using silicon atom diameters as a unit of measure, which seemed to make sense. Turns out it means 10^-10m and a silicon atom is actually ~2A diameter.
- tempodox 5y agoHa, I first thought they meant “Ampere” (vaporizing the conductor at those numbers). Using “Å” would make it clear they mean “Ångström”. Someone should tell Intel that Unicode exists.
- throw0101a 5y ago> Someone should tell Intel that Unicode exists. How easy/hard is it to type accented characters on Windows? On Apple systems you simply press-and-hold the letter, and you get pop-up with various options. Holding <shift-a> gives: À, Á, Â, Ä, Ã, Ã, Å, Ā.
- tpxl 5y agoOn Linux (and Windows too IIRC), you hit AltGr + accent key (number row on my layout) -> ÃǍÂĂÅÀĄÀȦÁÄ.
- tempodox 5y agoThey have an app buried somewhere that lets you select and insert Unicode characters from a scrollable table, but you have to find it first. In MS Word you can open that window from a menu command.