standards and units

units and what they can be replaced by.

• no daylight saving time: the switching causes psychosomatic distress and accidents, with no strong benefit. it does not "create" more time. most people would not voluntarily get up an hour earlier in summer, yet refusing the change is impractical since all timetables and schedules adjust as a whole.

• use negative years instead of specifying bce. if someone writes 1996, we assume it means the common era. if someone writes year -1996, we assume it is before an era, and by analogy to positive years, it should be understood as part of the same timeline.

  • including a year 0 simplifies arithmetic. astronomical year numbering with year 0 makes year differences direct and maps years bijectively to integers.
  • negative_year = 1 - bce_year because bce counts from 1, astronomical counts from 0.
• use only an epoch, seconds, and si units. example: 1757674897 == 1 gs, 757 Ms, 674 ks, 8 hs, 97 s.

#!/usr/bin/ruby
prefixes = %w[p n mi m c d da h k me g t pe e z y ro qu]
units = %w[m g s a k mol cd hz n pa j w c v f ohm wb t h lm lx bq gy sv kat rad sr]
combinations = prefixes.product(units).map { |pre, unit| pre + unit }
puts combinations.join ", "

pm pg ps pa pk pmol pcd phz pn ppa pj pw pc pv pf pohm pwb pt ph plm plx pbq pgy psv pkat prad psr nm ng ns na nk nmol ncd nhz nn npa nj nw nc nv nf nohm nwb nt nh nlm nlx nbq ngy nsv nkat nrad nsr mim mig mis mia mik mimol micd mihz min mipa mij miw mic miv mif miohm miwb mit mih milm milx mibq migy misv mikat mirad misr mm mg ms ma mk mmol mcd mhz mn mpa mj mw mc mv mf mohm mwb mt mh mlm mlx mbq mgy msv mkat mrad msr cm cg cs ca ck cmol ccd chz cn cpa cj cw cc cv cf cohm cwb ct ch clm clx cbq cgy csv ckat crad csr dm dg ds da dk dmol dcd dhz dn dpa dj dw dc dv df dohm dwb dt dh dlm dlx dbq dgy dsv dkat drad dsr dam dag das daa dak damol dacd dahz dan dapa daj daw dac dav daf daohm dawb dat dah dalm dalx dabq dagy dasv dakat darad dasr hm hg hs ha hk hmol hcd hhz hn hpa hj hw hc hv hf hohm hwb ht hh hlm hlx hbq hgy hsv hkat hrad hsr km kg ks ka kk kmol kcd khz kn kpa kj kw kc kv kf kohm kwb kt kh klm klx kbq kgy ksv kkat krad ksr mem meg mes mea mek memol mecd mehz men mepa mej mew mec mev mef meohm mewb met meh melm melx mebq megy mesv mekat merad mesr gm gg gs ga gk gmol gcd ghz gn gpa gj gw gc gv gf gohm gwb gt gh glm glx gbq ggy gsv gkat grad gsr tm tg ts ta tk tmol tcd thz tn tpa tj tw tc tv tf tohm twb tt th tlm tlx tbq tgy tsv tkat trad tsr pem peg pes pea pek pemol pecd pehz pen pepa pej pew pec pev pef peohm pewb pet peh pelm pelx pebq pegy pesv pekat perad pesr em eg es ea ek emol ecd ehz en epa ej ew ec ev ef eohm ewb et eh elm elx ebq egy esv ekat erad esr zm zg zs za zk zmol zcd zhz zn zpa zj zw zc zv zf zohm zwb zt zh zlm zlx zbq zgy zsv zkat zrad zsr ym yg ys ya yk ymol ycd yhz yn ypa yj yw yc yv yf yohm ywb yt yh ylm ylx ybq ygy ysv ykat yrad ysr rom rog ros roa rok romol rocd rohz ron ropa roj row roc rov rof roohm rowb rot roh rolm rolx robq rogy rosv rokat rorad rosr qum qug qus qua quk qumol qucd quhz qun qupa quj quw quc quv quf quohm quwb qut quh qulm qulx qubq qugy qusv qukat qurad qusr

• instead of maintaining hundreds of small-area languages, share languages widely. language barriers reduce access to knowledge, weaken understanding, and limit mobility. learning a language to near-native fluency can take a decade; without it, communication is far from what natives achieve.
• cultural separation example: the internet forms language bubbles. searching arabic text returns mostly arabic-only sites. popular platforms are replicated within each language group, reducing cross-cultural exchange and innovation.
• fear of cultural loss is overstated; shared languages can coexist with local dialects.
• risks: harmful memes might spread faster, but responses might also be more effective.
• benefits: end of language barrier, fewer school subjects, better politics, no subtitles, improved collaboration, faster research, more efficient information diffusion.

• current mathematical notation is optimized for blackboards, with many opaque symbolic "paintings" that are hard to learn and not computer-friendly
• use ascii-based notation
• use non-serif fonts for clarity
• use english variable names
• prefer notation that is readable both by humans and machines

see also simplified mathematical notation