Yes, and also it’s still the case not voting for the candidate you prefer (not like, prefer) over the other, makes it more likely for the other to win.

The voting system is super-duper flawed, but you don’t win by not playing.

Wait, this is real? I just assumed it was fake because the thought of Trump actually doing any work whatsoever seems strange.

He didn’t actually serve anyone right? It was just a photo shoot, right?

Maybe the movement should stop pushing for a number and just say you want a regulator who just increases minimum wage by inflation every year, as well as setting absolute minimum federal minimum wage up to a level where you can actually live.

But without asking for legislation that gives a regulator the authority to set minimum wages, even if you get $25/hr, you’ll just have to get the movement going again ever few years.

This is not a novel idea by me, it’s done all over the world.

It’s not cursed, it’s just a different way of grouping. Nothing about grouping in multiples of 10³ is a more natural grouping, were just more used to it.

And I’m pointing out how metric prefixes are actually euro-centric, and that’s annoying for them. But there’s nothing fundamentally worse about breaking digits in groups of 4, rather than 3

1,000,000,000,000 = 1,0000,0000,0000 (10¹²) [Meme of black and white muscular arms embracing.]

Look up the indian system, now that’s actually cursed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

Absolutely, mm > cm all the way. Other than you putting s at the end of mm, we don’t take the Lord’s (metric) name in vain around here.

I do feel kind of sorry for East Asia though, since their languages seperate at intervals of 10⁴, rather than 10³. The giga and mega prefixes just make no sense there. 1 GW = 10,0000,0000 W and 1 MW = 100,0000.

Language strikes again

Not sure, but perhaps they would prefer a prefix of 10^-4 rather than mm (10^-3).

Stay strong friend 🫡, and don’t you let them take your numerals from you

1.852 all the way in every single context. I will die on this hill haha

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 👍

Can I ask why, though? I’m also an engineer and I just never spell it out, if I can avoid it (so far, luckily, haven’t had push back since I’m on delivery and not proposals or anything like that.)

To me, it’s just more annoying to read it as words, and no matter what you do, mistakes can still happen, including when it’s spelled out.

Just my 2 cents.

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

Oh damn, that is some nails on a chalkboard level stuff.

Mine was Pil-ates.

Hey, it’s not our fault English just borrows and never adapts the spelling. Or updates spelling as pronunciations change.

English spelling is atrocious.

Yeah that’s fair. I personally prefer the first one, but I can see how it makes sense to not use digits there.

+1 ∆ for you (change my view points, a thing from r/changemyview)

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.

Only if you have a unit.

273 GW 👍

Else, looks kind weird, to my eyes anyway. But fair point haha

I love the fact this proves the point, that even for emphasis (which I think the title of 1984 is fine to use), it’s LESS clear to spell it out.

I am very thankful my company lets me write numbers and not spell it out.

Yeah I’m with you on this. I’m not sure if this was clear in the meme (I am an engineer), but I think the style guides can go shove it. I’m always going to write the symbols, not spell it out.

Just a small note on this, style guides have all sorts of weird rules about spelling out numbers, most of which I personally think are nonsense, hence making a meme. Not necessarily just less than 10

Even better haha, this is also my preference, but I think most audiences wouldn’t like that, I assume.

Edit: 239,000,000,000 is obviously an option. But I rarely see that in a newspaper.

Hahaha, of course, it makes so much sense now