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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by tastyfreeze on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @05:06PM (#16320357)
I first read that as 2.3 millimeter people... who busted out the shrink ray?
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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by Simon_says on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @07:55PM (#16321423)
I did too. mm is millimeter. MM is million. It comes from the Roman numeral M, so it has to be capitalized.
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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by corobo on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @08:45PM (#16321650)
People can recognize context though. You are not the Google calculator
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