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> Can we try to put an end to this hyperbole? This very article shows where it goes: We went from 'billion dollar' mistake to a 'trillion dollar mistake' in the
by dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
> Can we try to put an end to this hyperbole? This very article shows where it goes: We went from 'billion dollar' mistake to a 'trillion dollar mistake' in the span of 3 paragraphs.
Is this meant to be some self-referential joke? There are dozens of paragraphs between these two, and in both cases they refer to something else.
- tzs 6y agoI think it was an excuse to use the word "vigintillion", and perhaps also sneak in a debate over whether it should mean 10^63 (as it does in US, non-French Canada, Australia, Eastern Europe, and current British English) or 10^120 (as it does in French Canada, Central Europe, and older British English).
- rzwitserloot 6y agoI meant: That 'one trillion dollar mistake' article it refers to is likely using 'trillion' because the 'null is a billion dollar mistake' thing already exists, and this one blog post refers to both of these papers/memes.