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> The person deciding to use nonstandard "GSM" as a unit instead of the proper "g/m²" needs to feel stupid... mph, kph, cps, etc

• marcosdumay 10mo ago
  Yeah, the people insisting on writing those are on the wrong.
  • dorfsmay 10mo ago
    Agreed but we do have to interact with them. I once tried to sell a car with 140 Mm and got nowhere. I then changed the add to 140_000 km and got a lot more interest.
    • TRiG_Ireland 10mo ago
      My interdental brushes claim that the wire is 0.8 megamolar wide, which is not a normal measure of width.
      • cassepipe 10mo ago
        I wonder if the international society of dentists keeps a standard molar in a safe somewhere
      • JadeNB 10mo ago
        > My interdental brushes claim that the wire is 0.8 megamolar wide, which is not a normal measure of width. 0.8 megamolar = 800,000 teeth? That, uh, seems pretty wide for an interdental brush.
      • astrolx 10mo ago
        0.8 Mmol?
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        • marcosdumay 10mo ago
          0.8 MM The symbol for molar is just the "M". "mol" denotes the Avogadro constant.
      • bregma 10mo ago
        That would be 4.82x10²⁹ somethings wide.
      • kergonath 10mo ago
        It is probably an indication that they should fix their caps lock keys, however. Like the guys who sells bottles with volumes in ML.
• yencabulator 10mo ago
  I most definitely grew up with km/h, not kph. "k" is not an acceptable way to abbreviate kilometer in a world where kilograms are used.
  • fragmede 10mo ago
    Curious what you're doing that "kilograms per hour" might get used by normal people in everyday conversation. Fast food restaurant or a weight loss clinic?
    • yencabulator 10mo ago
      The whole point of SI units is to not live in a world of uncertainty, ad hoc terminology, and name collisions.
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