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‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

My dumb ass: “Is it just 1.5m Germans, or other heights too?”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 24 minutes ago

1.5m Germans are 150cm people !

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

M in million should always be capitalised for this reason.

1.5M Germans vs 1.5m Germans

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

1.5 10^6 Germans vs 1.5 10^-3 Germans

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago

Megagermans vs milligermans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Until I read this comment I was 100% certain the post was about short Germans somehow preferring having their balconies occluded by taller-than-them solar panels.