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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I did a google search to find out how much i pay for water, the water department where I live bills by the MCF (1,000 cubic feet). The AI Overview told me an MCF was one million cubic feet. It's a unit of measurement. It's not subjective, not an opinion and AI still got it wrong.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 11 points 3 months ago

Everywhere else in the world a big M means million.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I think in this case it's Roman numeral M

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 15 points 3 months ago

Americans really using ANYTHING but metric, huh?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The only thing that would make more sense would be if the bill was in cuneiform.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, shouldn't that be Kcf, Kilo cubic foot?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Kilo is a small k as there wasn't a person named that.

[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Except languages like French (mille)

[-] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago

And Irish -- míle.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Shouldn't it be kcf? Or tcf if you're desperate to avoid standard prefixes?

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's an odd one. My city does water by the gallon, which is much more reasonable.

[-] TranslateErr0r@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I just think you need an abbrevations chart.

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