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If I remember my high school math “1180.” with the decimal implies exactly 1180 “1180” without the decimal implies only 3 significant digits.
by throwup238 3y ago
If 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?