Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1513arrow-down17
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minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·7 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-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-27 months agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-squarekunegis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 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-up3·7 months agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI am flabbergasted.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoDoesn’t even have to be the military
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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.
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.
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!