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		TheAmazingIdiot on July 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lightnings captured at 7.207 frames-per-second And just leaving it as a number 7207 would make much more sense to everyone. Instead, 'prettiness' like commas or periods just confuse readers. Or at least on HN, you could use 7.207*10^3 and be done with scientific notation.

accountswu on July 15, 2012 [–]

Agreed, 7207 is good enough, commas (or fullstops) are helpful when there are more than 5 or 6 digits but there is no confusion with a 4-digit number.

>Or at least on HN, you could use 7.20710^3 and be done with scientific notation.

So would that 7.207 in 7.20710^3 be considered 7 decimal 207 or 7 thousand 207? :D

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