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by CyMonk 1413 days ago
If you are not from the US or Canada remember Billions are Milliards for the rest of us.
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throw0101a 1413 days ago
See "How big is a billion?" by Numberphile:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales

(Given a choice, I would go with the long system, but sadly that doesn't seem to be the timeline we live in.)

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rzanella 1413 days ago
Oddly enough, the same difference exists between Portugal's portuguese (original) and Brazil's (colony) :-)
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