Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees.message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down122
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-square15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareKristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day ago“What’s the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars? About a billion dollars.” It’s .1% of a billion, that is a rounding error
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoMy favourite way to comprehend it is by time: A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years
minus-squareKristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoOr 1 million minutes ago was March 22, 2024. 1 billion minutes ago was the height of the Roman empire. 1 trillion minutes ago is a little bit before (about 100,000 years) the earliest homo erectus fossils we found
“What’s the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars? About a billion dollars.”
It’s .1% of a billion, that is a rounding error
My favourite way to comprehend it is by time:
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years
Or 1 million minutes ago was March 22, 2024.
1 billion minutes ago was the height of the Roman empire.
1 trillion minutes ago is a little bit before (about 100,000 years) the earliest homo erectus fossils we found
That’s amazing, thanks!