| 15:47 | <ljharb> | an astute question i was asked:
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| 15:50 | <Chris de Almeida> | indeed. they have played us for absolute fools |
| 15:50 | <Chris de Almeida> | https://cldr.unicode.org/translation/number-currency-formats/number-and-currency-patterns#h.eradhhuxzqqz |
| 15:52 | <Chris de Almeida> | lol, I didn't even notice the KThousand |
| 15:56 | <sffc> | CLDR just reflects common use. It would be interesting to read a study of the origin of these abbreviations in English and in other languages. |
| 15:58 | <Chris de Almeida> | ironically, M, B, and T are probably the outliers |
| 15:58 | <Chris de Almeida> | kilo prefix in metric system, etc |
| 15:59 | <Chris de Almeida> | although then you get into metric ton vs SI megagram... |
| 16:01 | <Chris de Almeida> | but the SI prefix for 10^9 IS giga... |
| 16:02 | <Chris de Almeida> | clear as mud |
| 16:02 | <sffc> | Looks like Quebecois (fr-CA) has it right: https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/d1ae244c0ed6084b933646707f99925e26a22e97/common/main/fr_CA.xml#L5841 But it seems they're the only one who uses SI prefixes for compact notation |
| 16:27 | <ljharb> | for normal quantities these might be fine. but for bits/bytes almost universal use would be mega/giga/tera |
| 16:44 | <Chris de Almeida> | right. I doubt supporting/changing this would be controversial. (famous last words notwithstanding) |