On: Circular Shock Acoustic Waves in Ionosphere Triggered by Launch of Formosat‐5

[cwkoss]

Is '~1 m' meters or miles?

[lopmotr → cwkoss]

Where have you ever seen 'm' used for miles? Wherever that is, go there and scribble it out! Also tell off the person who wrote it.

[dmix → lopmotr]

mph is the only acronym I've seen it used without mi.

[jloughry → lopmotr]

It's used that way on highway signs in England, where it's very confusing.

[kdelok → jloughry]

I'm not sure it's very confusing. Context suggests that you're not going to be told how many metres you are away from London.

[alanh → jloughry]

’orrifying.

[louprado → cwkoss]

This is science!, therefore, metric system. Also GPS navigation errors of 1 mile would have been something you would have noticed.

[bryant → cwkoss]

m is standard for meters

mi is standard for miles

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Good ask.

[nardi → bryant]

"Ask" is bad enough as a synonym for "request." I really hope we can avoid "ask" also becoming accepted as a synonym for "question."

[d33 → nardi]

Why? Decreasing language complexity sounds like a good idea. It's not like "question" or "request" are going away, it's just adding a simple context-specific word that is already used in similar situations.