Calvin Fisher

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I studied philosophy and cognitive science in school, but make a living as a coder now.

	232 reputation	bio	website	many!	visits	member for	2 years
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Jun 22	comment	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? I think in most contexts -- including the example I used -- this would be implicit; we already know we're measuring water, but we want to know whether the measurement is in teaspoons/buckets/whatever. Unless you're just being asked what your favorite unit of measurement is, or something. (Mine is the Smoot)
Jun 22	awarded	Scholar
Jun 22	accepted	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation?
Jun 21	revised	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? added 2 characters in body
Jun 21	awarded	Critic
Jun 21	comment	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? Updated to clarify that I wasn't specifically asking about a medical context. Am I correct in reading this answer as saying that `U/M` or `UOM` could be accurate abbreviations for my definition of the word `Units`?
Jun 21	comment	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? IU has a specific meaning (a subset of all possible units). But well noted that the abbreviation `U` may be ambiguously interpreted as a synonym for `IU`.
Jun 21	revised	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? deleted 9 characters in body
Jun 21	revised	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation? clarification
Jun 20	awarded	Student
Jun 20	asked	Does the word “units” have a valid abbreviation?
May 16	awarded	Yearling
Apr 16	comment	Is “Yankee” derogatory? You will sometimes see bumper stickers around Boston that say "I have two favorite [baseball] teams: the Red Sox and whoever beats the Yankees"
Dec 19	comment	Difference between “empathetic” and “empathic” As per bye's answer, an empath is also a person in a fantasy/science fiction novel who has some psychic ability to read another person's mind or feelings. This may be a desirable or an undesirable association.
May 18	revised	Overusing “and” and how to fix it added 30 characters in body
May 18	awarded	Editor
May 18	comment	Overusing “and” and how to fix it ...yes, you're right on the comma splice. And hey -- English is a wishy-washy language!
May 18	revised	Overusing “and” and how to fix it added 1 characters in body
May 18	answered	Overusing “and” and how to fix it
May 18	awarded	Supporter