Comment on Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff

WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Clasm@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  K is also used for half of thermochem, too.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s also the abbreviation for the Kelvin temperature scale and the atomic symbol for potassium. I’m unaware of a K programming language.

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    • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Then you’re clearly not deep enough into the world of array programming languages. See, K is a a programming language that takes many design cues from J, which is I’m turn based on APL. It’s known primarily for that and for KDB, the database engine written in it.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The brilliance of this is it could be real or bullshit and no one can tell.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You know what they say, K for kthermokhem

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