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> An expense of $60,000 could be written as $60M This is unfortunate. $60,000 is $60K (capital K not k) using SI suffixes. Please reject M=1000 today.
by programmer_dude 4y ago
> An expense of $60,000 could be written as $60M
This is unfortunate. $60,000 is $60K (capital K not k) using SI suffixes. Please reject M=1000 today.
- david_allison 4y ago> Please reject M=1000 today. This is infeasible, and what does it mean to reject something in a written document? I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish here: you're arguing against an established convention in a sector of the market which you don't have experience with. The upside if you're successful is that I don't need to type an additional 'M'. The downside is that it requires enforcing a blanket standard on an industry, rather than letting it converge over time to an unambiguous standard.
- programmer_dude 4y agoHelp the convergence along by objecting to the use of M=1000 wherever you see it. We already have an unambiguous standard (it is the SI system of units and suffixes if you are unsure). People should be using it.