Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewltr@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s interesting that the numbers per se are meaningless to us. Yes, billion is a thousand times more, but what is 11 days thousand times? No idea, long. Turns out it’s 31 years long! Nice thought.
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoHow? I refuse to believe this and people just aren’t thinking it through. 11 days × 1000 is 11 000 days Theres 365 days in a year so it’s about 30 years. Don’t even need a calculator to do this math.
It’s interesting that the numbers per se are meaningless to us. Yes, billion is a thousand times more, but what is 11 days thousand times? No idea, long. Turns out it’s 31 years long! Nice thought.
How? I refuse to believe this and people just aren’t thinking it through.
11 days × 1000 is 11 000 days
Theres 365 days in a year so it’s about 30 years.
Don’t even need a calculator to do this math.