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Why don't the ISO like writing km/h?
by card_zero 2y ago
Why don't the ISO like writing km/h?
- jakeinspace 2y agoBecause if there are multiple inverted units, you'd need to add parentheses to put them all in the denominator. Tidily giving each a ^-1 is clearer (especially with superscript exponents).
- gattr 2y agoYou can use superscript Unicode characters on HN: km·h⁻¹.
- jakeinspace 2y agoAh but you see, I am on my phone and very lazy.
- Evidlo 2y agoWhat's wrong with a/b/c
- card_zero 2y agoI guess they stick rigidly to things that are formally defined, in case somebody thinks that division is right-associative and it leads to the Challenger shuttle exploding again.