r/spaceporn • u/npjprods • Jan 16 '22

The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978 Pro/Processed

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u/LeSageBiteman Jan 16 '22

OP seems to be French and here in France we don’t use commas as a thousand separator, commas are used as a decimal separator, like most European countries (it’s mostly English speaking countries who use a comma as a thousand separator). So we usually use a space as a thousand separator, some European countries use a dot, but the space is advised by scientific organizations to avoid the confusions.

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u/npjprods Jan 16 '22

OP seems to be French and here in France we don’t use commas as a thousand separator

yup, my mistake

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u/greystar07 Jan 17 '22

Tbf, lots of people in America don’t use the comma either. While it may be the proper notation I’d say I see it more without a comma than with one. If dude didnt use some intuition, isn’t op’s fault.