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> The person deciding to use nonstandard "GSM" as a unit instead of the proper "g/m²" needs to feel stupid...

mph, kph, cps, etc

I most definitely grew up with km/h, not kph. "k" is not an acceptable way to abbreviate kilometer in a world where kilograms are used.

Curious what you're doing that "kilograms per hour" might get used by normal people in everyday conversation. Fast food restaurant or a weight loss clinic?

The whole point of SI units is to not live in a world of uncertainty, ad hoc terminology, and name collisions.

Yeah, the people insisting on writing those are on the wrong.

Agreed but we do have to interact with them. I once tried to sell a car with 140 Mm and got nowhere. I then changed the add to 140_000 km and got a lot more interest.

My interdental brushes claim that the wire is 0.8 megamolar wide, which is not a normal measure of width.

I wonder if the international society of dentists keeps a standard molar in a safe somewhere

> My interdental brushes claim that the wire is 0.8 megamolar wide, which is not a normal measure of width.

0.8 megamolar = 800,000 teeth? That, uh, seems pretty wide for an interdental brush.

0.8 Mmol?

0.8 MM

The symbol for molar is just the "M". "mol" denotes the Avogadro constant.

That would be 4.82x10²⁹ somethings wide.

It is probably an indication that they should fix their caps lock keys, however. Like the guys who sells bottles with volumes in ML.

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