Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 20 days agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down17
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·20 days 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-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·20 days agoDoesn’t even have to be the military
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoFor M2, it could also be an M.2 - presumably an SSD, but depending on context could also be the slot itself!
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-220 days agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-squarekunegis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days 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-up3·19 days agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoI am flabbergasted.
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.
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!
Celsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
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.
I am flabbergasted.