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ape4 14 hours ago

Shouldn't a scientific paper be using metric units (like 30T) rather than 30B.

There are two distinct billions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion

mikkupikku 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Objective one should be to communicate effectively, not confuse everybody.

unknownx113 12 hours ago | parent [-]

that disqualifies like 80% of papers lmao

mikkupikku 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Lol, you're probably not wrong. But have you ever noticed that the most important papers tend to be on the clear and readable side of things? It's as if researchers understand that being understood is important, but deemphasize that when the paper itself isn't important in the first place. (Maybe if they're only publishing to not perish, not being understood is actually a goof thing from their perspective?)