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by throw0101b 976 days ago
> Using Wh or mWh instead of mAh would make this whole problem go away.

Amp-hours (Ah) has been the 'standard' way to list battery capacity for decades, see for example the boating/marine world. I'm not against changing it to something else, but there's a long-tail of legacy here.

Also, while we're at it, can we change away from listing the brightness of light bulbs in watts: this may made sense with incandescent bulbs initially, but we're not beyond those.

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Most lightbulbs in Au display brightness in lumens and power in watts. I think it makes sense to show both.