joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 months agoScientific notation for everything: 5 x 10^6 m. Seriously though, I think it would be easier to think about it in megameters or gigameters if it were more standard to do so.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoCan we do 5E6 like on the calculators? Is that common enough?
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoyeah but sadly not enough people know how to read that. sadface.
Scientific notation for everything: 5 x 10^6 m. Seriously though, I think it would be easier to think about it in megameters or gigameters if it were more standard to do so.
Can we do 5E6 like on the calculators? Is that common enough?
yeah but sadly not enough people know how to read that. sadface.