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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what we English speakers call a quintillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000

Irritatingly, that's a quadrillion, not a quintillion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Holy fuck, that is irritating. I was still in bed. Leaving it for posterity. Thanks for pointing it out. Even more irritating, I said each "billion" is a group of six zeros. Technical definitions aside, should have been "million".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ever since I watched this Numberphile video, I've been disappointed at how widespread the "short" scale is.