• lseif@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    and μ should be u maybe… why throw in a random non-latin character? is it for the sake of anti-anglocentrism?

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      2 years ago

      Can’t tell if this is sarcasm (I’ve been on the internet too much today sorry) but just in case the Greek μ (mu) stands for “micro” since ‘m’ is already used for “milli”

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        2 years ago

        yeah, i get that, but many people just use u because its more accessible (ascii and qwerty compatible), similar to writing μBittorrent as uBittorrent. imo i dont think its too big of a deal if it doesnt match the word micro, since μ is already a bit of a stretch. this is just my opinion, im not advocating for a SI reform or anything :)