@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-26 months agoUnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1k%fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1945cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink50•6 months agoBecause it’s a stupid, non standard way to say it. I understood it fine but I still thought it was a needless abbreviation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoK = kilo, which stands for 1000. It’s extremely standard. Saying it’s stupid is like saying $ or π or & or # or % is stupid.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•6 months ago1k is a common way to shorten 1,000. And 1,000% is an acceptable way to say 10x. But 1k% is definitely a stupid abbreviation that nobody uses.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoFormatting of the number changes the way people interpret it. Which looks larger from a quick glance 1k or 1,000? You’re 1h% correct, it’s totally needless, makes it less clear and honestly was probably done intentionally.
Because it’s a stupid, non standard way to say it. I understood it fine but I still thought it was a needless abbreviation.
K = kilo, which stands for 1000. It’s extremely standard. Saying it’s stupid is like saying $ or π or & or # or % is stupid.
1k is a common way to shorten 1,000. And 1,000% is an acceptable way to say 10x. But 1k% is definitely a stupid abbreviation that nobody uses.
Non standard. That is all.
Formatting of the number changes the way people interpret it. Which looks larger from a quick glance 1k or 1,000? You’re 1h% correct, it’s totally needless, makes it less clear and honestly was probably done intentionally.