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If you are not from the US or Canada remember Billions are Milliards for the rest of us.
by CyMonk 4y ago
If you are not from the US or Canada remember Billions are Milliards for the rest of us.
- rzanella 4y agoOddly enough, the same difference exists between Portugal's portuguese (original) and Brazil's (colony) :-)
- throw0101a 4y agoSee "How big is a billion?" by Numberphile: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-52AI_ojyQ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales 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.)