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As the scale of science expands, so does the language of prefixes
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- avalys 5y agoI had a colleague who liked to apply SI prefixes outside their usual domains. It became a running joke in the company. "We're looking to raise 50 megadollars for our next funding round." "The project will take about 10π megaseconds [1 year]."
- gpderetta 5y agoNever heard megadollars. Megabucks on the other hand...
- tarboreus 5y agoIn an old video game (Might and Magic IV), you had to collect a certain number of King's Megacredits to complete the game. I always liked the sound of that, it's pretty impressively bombastic.
- leemailll 5y ago10π megasecond is awesome
- coolhoody 5y agoExpands both ways — just met a micro influencer, and told him I'm a nano one. Strange time, the future...
- throw0101a 5y agoSee also the video "How big is a billion?" by the Numberphile channel: > We discuss millions, billions, trillions and centillions is this film about the long and short scales. We also touch on quadrillions, sextillions, milliards, billiards and the Greek myriad. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ Does a "billion" have 9 zeros or 12 zeros? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale
- Cyclical 5y agohttps://archive.ph/cWR3N https://archive.ph/cWR3N