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[–] amon@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

M in million should always be capitalised for this reason.

1.5M Germans vs 1.5m Germans

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 28 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] QuantumEyetanglement@lemdro.id 1 points 6 hours ago

This me me lol. Thank you 😂

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Megagermans just sound evil.

And milligermans, well there's a vaccine against that I think.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

1.5 10^6 Germans vs 1.5 10^-3 Germans

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Until I read this comment I was 100% certain the post was about short Germans somehow preferring having their balconies occluded by taller-than-them solar panels.