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Russia Fines Google 2×10³⁶ Rubles over YouTube Bans
- Alifatisk 2y agoWhat's the idea behind this? It can't be to act foolish.
- WhereIsTheTruth 2y agoAs foolish as stealing assets of Russians Either way it is noise used to serve propaganda
- snarbles 2y agoOften when Russia does something that appears foolish to the west, it's because it is for internal propaganda purposes. The west is not the intended audience.
- Alifatisk 2y agoInteresting, how would this be used as propaganda inside Russia?
- nobody9999 2y agoSomewhat off-topic, but this reminds me of an old bit about Niklaus Wirth[0][1]: Whereas Europeans generally pronounce his name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value. [0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth [1] In looking this up, I discovered that Wirth passed away on 1 January this year. You will be missed, sir! Edit: Fixed typo.
- jgrahamc 2y agoWhy was someone insulating Wirth like that?
- terminalbraid 2y agoDid you mean to post this elsewhere? This is really non sequitur.
- nobody9999 2y ago>Did you mean to post this elsewhere? This is really non sequitur. No. I thought of it because Russia fined Google 2*10^36 Rubles. While it falls far short of a Googol (10^100), it's still a ridiculously large number and, as such, it made me think of that anecdote about Niklaus Wirth. As in: Russia calls Google by value rather than by name. ha ha ha.
- zoezoezoezoe 2y agosomething is wrong with one of their numbers, because 2 undecillion rubles is roughly 21 decillion USD, not 2.5 decillion USD
- nobody9999 2y ago>something is wrong with one of their numbers, because 2 undecillion rubles is roughly 21 decillion USD, not 2.5 decillion USD Given that the world GDP is just north of USD$100x10^12, and Russia fined Google ~USD$2x10^33, does it really matter as it's orders of magnitude greater than the output of the world? Makes me think of Putin as Doctor Evil[0] with his pinky in his mouth saying "two undecillion Rubles!" [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Evil
- leereeves 2y agoIt's not much different than a judge sentencing someone to multiple life sentences.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoIf this has any effect at all it could put downward pressure on the ruble.