Yes you can

Facebook (Meta) owns WhatsApp. I don’t use WhatsApp and it’s a hassle because it’s popular here so having the ability to send messages to WhatsApp without having a WhatsApp account or app would be useful.

The same could be said for sending emails to a Gmail account. You won’t be forced to send messages to WhatsApp but you’d have the option. WhatsApp is popular where I live so having the ability to send messages to a WhatsApp account would be useful for me as I refuse to install or use any facebook apps.

Debian is a decent Ubuntu based OS 🫳🎤

Now I can’t unsee it!

These seem like reasonable changes

I am too the real Nicole!

He actually got a job in the hospital! He was in the right place at the right time and while he doesn’t technically have the credentials because he didn’t study medicine, he’s going to learn on the job. He’s now their Chief Anesthetist

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We’re not dumb

I’m not suggesting this at all. I’m arguing that using “parts per 10 million” makes more sense to an American audience because fractions are more common in America. So using non common denominators is easier for an American audience. Whereas in metric countries, using standard denominators like thousand, million, billion, etc with decimals and significant figures is easier to interpret.

it’s a simple fact that comparing 5 to 20 is easier than comparing 0.05 to 0.2.

Sure, but you’re ignoring the additional cognitive load of using non common denominators. And losing the ability to easily compare these metrics with others.

Every engineer and scientist in the US uses metric

Imperial measurements are commonly used in construction & civil engineering in the US.

In metric countries, parts-per notation is common but it’s normally per million, billion, trillion, etc. Parts per 10 million is not common. Using an uncommon parts-per notation makes it difficult to compare between countries for instance as it’s unlikely that other countries are reporting in parts per 10 million.

The imperial measurement system uses fractions, 3/4 inch, etc. The metric system uses decimals, 19mm, etc.

So to represent this data in a metric country you would use per million inhabitants and use 2 significant figures. Decimals are easy for people who grew up in metric countries to understand.

I moved to Canada which used a lot of imperial measurements for building materials and tools (it’s a weird mix). I find the imperial system confusing with its use of fractions but I know lots of people that grew up with this system prefer it.

That’s why I think this globally uncommon per 10 million inhabitants might feel normal for Americans.

Powers of a thousand; per thousand, per million, per billion, etc

I guess this is a US cultural thing. I grew up in a metric country and decimals are much easier for me to compare than fractions.

Sure but using a non standard denominator makes off more difficult to compare to other metrics.

inmates per 10M inhabitants

Why per 10 million?

Cheers! I work in tech and don’t know many US politicians so I read that as “A.I. Green” 🤖🟩

This post has about as much context as a map drawn by a blindfolded pirate. What is this all about?

Is this just a weird pregnancy announcement?

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