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Re:Decibels Are Ridiculous by elfrinjo on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:57AM (#44061601)
I'll summarize: It's annoying that dB is often used as a physical unit without the necessary suffix. It's annoying that the suffix seems quite random for most units It's annoying that the factor for power differs from the factor for voltage, etc. It's slightly annoying that it's usually decibel instead of Bel.

However, we all agree that dBs are really useful.

Re:Decibels Are Ridiculous by Aachen on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:52AM (#44062071)
> However, we all agree that dBs are really useful.

Which part of the article was that again? I was surprised to see that conclusion as summary because it's not what the takeaway seemed like to me, so went back to the article and I don't see this mentioned, perhaps I'm overlooking it because I didn't do a careful read a second time

Re:Decibels Are Ridiculous by elfrinjo on Thursday May 22, 2025 @12:38PM (#44063753)
oh sorry; thats the comments