| ▲ | lxgr 2 days ago |
| That’s maybe what it “is”, but not the only thing people use it for in many fields. Very often, it’s a ratio between a measured quantity and some (implied) base unit of the same quantity. |
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| ▲ | hgomersall 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| In which case they're misusing it, which is hardly a problem with the notation. |
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| ▲ | lxgr 2 days ago | parent [-] | | As I read it, the criticism of TFA is directed at how people actually use the notation, not how it ought to be used in an ideal universe. | | |
| ▲ | hgomersall 2 days ago | parent [-] | | But people misuse words and notation all the time without anyone arguing they're ridiculous. I use dBs on a daily basis with plenty of other people and never have any trouble. Indeed, we'd struggle if we had to use something else. | | |
| ▲ | lxgr a day ago | parent [-] | | > But people misuse words and notation all the time without anyone arguing they're ridiculous. That only indicates that you haven't found the many angry blog posts yet, not that they don't exist :) |
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