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by mlevental 3073 days ago
50k and 100k strictly speaking are an order of magnitude different so what's your point exactly?
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It's 2x not an order of magnitude.
2x is an order of magnitude in binary scales, which is what you should probably be using if you're working with computers.

2^16, 2^32, and 2^64 are a lot easier to understand than 6.5 * 10^3, 4.2 * 10^9, and 1.8 * 10^19