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mellosouls
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UN says “No credible pathway” and “woefully inadeq...
Nobody's gonna believe 1.5 thousand, and plenty would read it that way. Nobody outside some science niches (technical or not) uses K for temperature.
SnowHill9902
on Oct 27, 2022
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The correct format is 1.5 K and in my opinion is unambiguous written that way. 1.5k is definitely 1,500 while 1.5K in the middle is ambiguous and depends on context.
alexvoda
on Oct 27, 2022
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Then 1.5Ki should be 1536.
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