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[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

27,000 and 1.5

Why do 27 and 000 belong closer together than 1 and 5? Both numbers are incomplete when leaving out a component.

You can argue either way honestly

Agreed, it's completely arbitrary.

more of the world use periods for decimal notation

It's two pretty large groups but you've got India and China, so population wise it's pretty clear. Let's make a deal: we (Europe) switch to the dot as decimal separator if the US switches to metric.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 11 months ago

I kinda like laughing at the US for measuring things in AR15s though.

[-] stratoscaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
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