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Comment by Sharlin | original | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
[−]Sharlin · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:14 UTC · link
The GP is alluding to the fact that the prefix "m" means milli-, not mega-. But that's pointless pedantry. Nobody would ever think that you meant 0.5 bits per second, and bit isn't a SI unit anyway.