Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees.message-squaremessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down123
arrow-up140arrow-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 months agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squareKristellAlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months 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-up5·edit-22 months 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-squareKristellAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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!