Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down17
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months 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-up15·2 months agoDoesn’t even have to be the military
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-22 months agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-squarekunegis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.