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minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85·6 days agoI read this as 1 kilodollar.
minus-squareTotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·6 days agothat’s entirely correct tbh
minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-26 days agounits '1 kilodollar' 'dollar' outputs 1000. units is a unit conversion program I use.
minus-squaretostiman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 days agoDo you really need a conversion program for that?
minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoNo, but I wanted to test if it’d be considered valid by the program. I think the algorithm just does kilo _ = 1000 x _
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoIs that not what the k represents when people use it as a short-hand for “thousand”?
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s just that usually the $ unit comes before the number. Which I accept, but don’t like for the inconsistency with how we write units after the number.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 days agoIt’s not shorthand for thousand, it IS thousand. kk=M -> 10^3*10^3=10^6 kM=G -> 10^3*10^6=10^9 kkk=G= "a billion" MATH IS WITH ME, BILLIONAIRES ARE MEMBERS OF THE kkk!!!
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThat’s what I love about unit prefixes. They’re just numbers! Like, how many m³ is 1 km³? 1 km³ = 1 (km)³ = 1 k³m³ = 1 G(m³) = 1,000,000,000 m³.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoI think people understand that k = 1000 but don’t realize where it comes from. As an aside, I really like talking about mega euros. Five million euros? Nah, five mega euros
minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIt’s Greek apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-
I read this as 1 kilodollar.
that’s entirely correct tbh
units '1 kilodollar' 'dollar'outputs 1000. units is a unit conversion program I use.Do you really need a conversion program for that?
No, but I wanted to test if it’d be considered valid by the program. I think the algorithm just does
kilo _ = 1000 x _til thanks!
Is that not what the k represents when people use it as a short-hand for “thousand”?
It’s just that usually the $ unit comes before the number.
Which I accept, but don’t like for the inconsistency with how we write units after the number.
It’s not shorthand for thousand, it IS thousand.
kk=M -> 10^3*10^3=10^6 kM=G -> 10^3*10^6=10^9 kkk=G= "a billion"MATH IS WITH ME, BILLIONAIRES ARE MEMBERS OF THE kkk!!!
That’s what I love about unit prefixes. They’re just numbers!
Like, how many m³ is 1 km³?
1 km³ = 1 (km)³ = 1 k³m³ = 1 G(m³) = 1,000,000,000 m³.
I think people understand that k = 1000 but don’t realize where it comes from.
As an aside, I really like talking about mega euros. Five million euros? Nah, five mega euros
It’s Greek apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-