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Funny, 1.18k is more characters than 1180 and usually I think of using the k form for less approximate values, e.g. 1k
by triyambakam 3y ago
Funny, 1.18k is more characters than 1180 and usually I think of using the k form for less approximate values, e.g. 1k
- Tempest1981 3y ago1.18k implies +/- 5, whereas 1180 implies exactly 1180. Maybe the count isn't precise, or is changing?
- throwup238 3y agoIf I remember my high school math “1180.” with the decimal implies exactly 1180 “1180” without the decimal implies only 3 significant digits.
- yreg 3y agoNever heard of such notation. For me ≈1180 would mean that it's not exactly 1180. But a better title would be something like “Over a thousand plant root system drawings”.
- iopq 3y agonobody adds the decimal digit to integers, though 1180 can be 4 significant digits if the count is precise
- throwup238 3y agoNobody really uses 1.18k outside of math, engineering, and scientific contexts either. A kagi or Google search for 1.18k in quotes returns this very HN thread and mostly a bunch of resistors, very few organic uses (some youtube videos about subscriber counts is all I see).
- permo-w 3y agowhere did you go to high school?
- downvotetruth 3y agoIf it were to imply an interval, then it would be [1175, 1185).
- OJFord 3y agoIn EE this problem doesn't exist, it's 1k18.
- iopq 3y agointerestingly, in Chinese you would say 1k1h8 when pronouncing the numbers
- zelphirkalt 3y agoBut then they have that annoying rule about saying a "zero" when there is a 0 for a magnitude between non-zero digits, for example 108 is one-hundred-zero-eight.
- suzakus 3y agoThat's because in Chinese it's the higher digit having priority in emissions - if you don't specify zero the it means 180
- zelphirkalt 3y agoYeah that is weird. Because usually a "十" would mark the ten-count anyway, so saying a single digit could only be the ones-count, but they interpret it then differently to mean 80, even if you do not say "十". To me this is not logical and is unintuitive.
- iopq 3y agoIt's actually much easier When people say in English one hundred thousand one thousand and ten, you will need to visualize the digits 101,010 But in Chinese you say 10 * 10^4, 1 * 10^3, 0, 1 * 10 the zero helps you write a zero after the second one without making a mistake