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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•4 months agoTwo things: if you owe the bank $34,000, it’s your problem; if you owe the bank $34,000,000,000,000, it’s the bank’s problem. its a big club, and you’re not in it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•4 months agoThat’s a lot of zeros, when written like that
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoYes, and it is the correct number of zeros to use. I find it helps to put things into scope. “Trillion” is an abstract magnitude to most people. Writing it out numerically makes it clear how absolutely enormous the number is.
Two things:
That’s a lot of zeros, when written like that
Yes, and it is the correct number of zeros to use. I find it helps to put things into scope. “Trillion” is an abstract magnitude to most people. Writing it out numerically makes it clear how absolutely enormous the number is.