• 4am@lemm.ee
      22·
      7 months ago

      Yes, in a lot of places a period is used for order-of-magnitude separation and comma is used for decimal places.

      In this title the use seems inconsistent.

      • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 months ago

        Right, i think he’s asking if there’s some culture where the inconsistency is designed based on unit. So, for example, period for years, comma for weight.

        I think it’s simply an error. Maybe AI generated?

    • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
      91·
      7 months ago

      Finland uses space for thousands (and comma for decimals), so an article in Finnish would have 500 000 kg

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      I don’t care how long it been balancing there I wouldn’t dare stand that close to it, be just my luck it pick that moment to shrift.