Re: Datasheet-flation?

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:29:26 -0800, john larkin wrote:

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:51:04 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:21:56 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
 

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:22:22 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
 
[...]

the English and American "billion" was harmonised many years ago
at one thousand million so there's no confusion.

 
Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.

 
Try this:
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/why-are-uk-

and-

american-billions-different

 
It just repeats the myth but doesn't give a reference.

 
It's not a myth. UK and US billions have been harmonized at
1,000,000,000 for as long as I can remember now. As I recall, it was
just done simply via adoption rather than any Act of Parliament or
Statutory Instrument. IIRC, I think the pressure to do so came from
the finance industry.

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Do you have a reference that isn't just heresay?

 
You can go to BBC.com and search for stories with "billions". They
obviously mean 1e9.

Yep, or Financial Times will be liberally sprinkled with it, too.