[homeless_engi]

That is 56,000 people

[lanna]

Wouldn't 0.001% be 82,600?

[close04]

It's fewer than 60.000 people according to the article. Compared to the world's population, it's a decent approximation and rounding to 0.001%.

[mcny]

I think it would be interesting to see where these 56k people live.

[ed_mercer]

And whether they use dial-up modem