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Nope, use scientific notation if numbers become so unwieldy.
by _Microft 3y ago
Nope, use scientific notation if numbers become so unwieldy.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoDepends on the audience. Laypeople generally know numbers up to a trillion, hence the choice of language. I only happen to know what a quadrillion is because I've played Cookie Clicker. I have trouble with scientific notation, because I'm not a scientist or mathematician and have no interest in it. TL;DR, know your audience and cater to them if you want people to be interested.
- mnw21cam 3y agoThe problem is that "billion" and "trillion" mean different things to different people[0]. In my opinion they should be regarded as unreliable words and never used. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales