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minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish32•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-21 month agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoI think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
minus-squareKubeRootlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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!