I’ll allow billion, but personally my preference is using powers of 10 or unit prefixes.
Just I’m not gonna be mad about the newspaper writing 3.5 billion dollars.
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Caveat, not including multipliers, like “273 billion”
You mean 273e9?
I’ll allow billion, but personally my preference is using powers of 10 or unit prefixes.
Just I’m not gonna be mad about the newspaper writing 3.5 billion dollars.
Unless that number means something different from US$ 3.5e9.
If you are one of those people that think your country uses the other “billion”, just don’t.
Touche, yeah, I’d totally be on board if everyone just uses $3.5*10⁹ or $3.5e9. Good luck getting it catch on outside eng/science circles though haha
dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
More like 273G in engineering.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
TIL engineers use gazillion
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s a highly technical term for “lots and lots.”
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Only if you have a unit.
273 GW 👍
Else, looks kind weird, to my eyes anyway. But fair point haha
marcos@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Too bad people underuse it.
Separating the prefixes from the unities is very useful even in calculations where both are there.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You do you, but this is a big no-no from my point of view.
For example separating the prefix m from mm would be rather confusing, and look like another unit.
You can, however, put 10^x wherever you like 👍
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 days ago
Euros count as a unit 😏
3.5 G€
Ok, while I’m being facetious, let’s do it for dollars too. G$3.5… oh that’s horrible!
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’ve never seen that outside of videogames