Actually, I think all business financial reports should be in dB$, it's the only sensible way to deal with the dynamic range, standard exponential notation has poor usability.
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Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2026 15:46:04 JST
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nyanbinary (nyanbinary@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2026 15:47:47 JST
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@ryanc on the one hand, yes, kinda, yeah. On the other hand, absolutely not, we dont need the absurdity of some of the financial sums involved to be obscured even more :blobcatupsidedown:
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muddle (muddle@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2026 15:59:18 JST
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@ryanc yeah, but finite impulse response or infinite impulse response? 2dB or not 2dB... that shurely should be the q?
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Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2026 16:53:42 JST
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@nyanbinary The sums are already obscured by their vastness, I think this would make things easier to understand.
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