Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAt least a couple of these are uppercase and some are lowercase, but yeah. It’s a bit like a fun game: Ask someone in the military to hand you an “M1” and see what they come up with.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI am flabbergasted.
minus-squarekunegis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoDoesn’t even have to be the military
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFor M2, it could also be an M.2 - presumably an SSD, but depending on context could also be the slot itself!
At least a couple of these are uppercase and some are lowercase, but yeah.
It’s a bit like a fun game: Ask someone in the military to hand you an “M1” and see what they come up with.
Celsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
I am flabbergasted.
Wat
I think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
One of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
Doesn’t even have to be the military
For M2, it could also be an M.2 - presumably an SSD, but depending on context could also be the slot itself!