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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

It's nothing. Without a unit those are just numbers. A can of coke isn't 12, it's 12floz.

Or so my metric companions don't shit themselves in their panic-induced rage at the sight of imperial units, a coke can isn't 355, it's 355mL.

[-] gentooer@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago
[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'll accept the lowercase L (in my East Coast based US education we were taught liters should also be capital L, but that seems to either be flat-out incorrect or have fallen out of fashion), but googling images of the cans shows me no space between the number and the unit.

[-] gentooer@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hadn't even noticed that you didn't put a space between the number and the unit. Looking it up online, the Bureau international des poids et mesures states that a space is to be used in front of all units, except for °, ' and ". Dropping the space is very common though.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

It's cool to learn the official guidelines; thanks for doing the legwork here!

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