Spyke
possumpat.io

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

In case you wondered where they came in the list like I immediately did:

  • quetta Q 10^30
  • ronna R 10^27
  • yotta Y 10^24
  • zetta Z 10^21
  • exa E 10^18
  • peta P 10^15
  • tera T 10^12
  • giga G 10^9
  • mega M 10^6
  • kilo k 10^3
  • hecto h 10^2
  • deca da 10^1
  • ——
  • deci d 10^−1
  • centi c 10^−2
  • milli m 10^−3
  • micro μ 10^−6
  • nano n 10^−9
  • pico p 10^−12
  • femto f 10^p−15
  • atto a 10^−18
  • zepto z 10^−21
  • yocto y 10^−24
  • ronto r 10^−27
  • quecto q 10^−30
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Classyreply
sh.itjust.works

I noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.

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fhqwgadsreply
possumpat.io

But did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.

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As far as I remember it isn't, it's just a named specific large number, like Avogadro's number or Graham's number.

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If 10^27^ would be Hella, would 10^-27^ then be Hello? 🙃

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holycrapreply
lemm.ee

Alas, the prefix H was already in use according to the page you linked. Disappointing.

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I don't think it's used as a prefix but as a unit symbol. Point still stands though, unfortunately.

10

Bah, Imperial Units all the way. How else would I know how many stone I weigh, or how many King's Pubes I am tall? I don't want to convert from kilometers (whatever those are!) to gentlemans-strides or shilling miles to get where I'm going.

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lemmy.world

Actually, it's not ronnabyte, it's ribibyte ...

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lemm.ee

You can combine these to have perfectly valid ways of saying 1.

I'll have ronnaronto cheeseburger.

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's' and 'S' could be usable for these.
The only problem being smol -> s mol -> smol mole ...

Because mol is another unit, making the usage of the full form ambiguous

0

"What the hell are you kids doing down there in the basement, that you need these more specific units?"
"Um... nothing, sir. Everything is quite all right, quite all right."
"Hrumph! Very well then, I shall be in my study. And do try to keep the bloody racket down, for chrissakes!"
"Yes sir, thank you sir, goodnight sir... Whew... that was a close one!"

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Lets define here and now Hella (H) as 10^666. It's not SI official, but not "false".

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