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by kuschku 1946 days ago
And the paragraph below the one you linked... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Engineerin... is directly showing exactly the mode I'm using :)
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Oh, I get it and see what’s happening. Kinda careless of me to miss it. Thanks for pointing it out.
I can see how it’s not obvious if you never learnt it, but especially in when working with the SI it’s incredibly useful and makes many hidden relationships quickly obvious.