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Re:What does it mean for American innovation to be backed by... by thaumasiotes on Monday September 16, 2019 @08:59PM (#20990144)
I believe the thought behind MM is "a thousand thousand", using the roman numeral as if it were a positional digit.

Not sure how someone got the idea to do that...

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Re:What does it mean for American innovation to be backed by... by ta5436546n4 on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:21PM (#20990618)
Algebraically it makes sense I guess (M.M)
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