arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

it's very annoying that thousands are 1000 and thousandths are .001

it's completely asymmetric and throws us off repeatedly

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arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

@packbat

It still tracks, though... tenths, hundredths, thousandths...

Here's the fun part!

To machinists, while .001 is called a "thou" for a thousandth, .0001 is referred to as a "tenth", short for ten-thousandths... but it's called EXACTLY the same as a .1 tenth... and it took me YEARS to not parse it the other way around!

re: arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

@JulieSqveakaroo @packbat you may call it a thou, but over here in electrical engineering we know it as a mil (not to be confused with a millimeter, another common unit in EE)
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re: arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

@Felthry @packbat

A mil to me is .00001

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re: arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

@JulieSqveakaroo @packbat huh! I wonder where that difference came from
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re: arithmetic notation take of no consequence 

@Felthry @packbat

I do not know!

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