Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNo matter how many ways I see it represented, I still can’t truly grasp how much more a billion is compared to a million. And I suspect most people are in that same boat.
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIm sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
minus-squareFrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think that time is probably the most relatable and human scaled for million to billion, but even that goes out if scale between billion and million.
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months ago1000 times. 1mm to 1m 1g to 1kg 1mL to 1L
No matter how many ways I see it represented, I still can’t truly grasp how much more a billion is compared to a million. And I suspect most people are in that same boat.
Im sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
I think that time is probably the most relatable and human scaled for million to billion, but even that goes out if scale between billion and million.
1000 times.
1mm to 1m
1g to 1kg
1mL to 1L