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People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 million. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 31.5 years.
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Ziya
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didn’t fact check... but I trust your figures*_*
didn’t fact check... but I trust your figures*_*
jmb
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...one year is 31,536,000 secs. So, it seems intuitively strange to me that one billion secs would be 31,5 years only. ;-))
...one year is 31,536,000 secs. So, it seems intuitively strange to me that one billion secs would be 31,5 years only. ;-))
ErikSmit
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do the math ;-)
do the math ;-)
jmb
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...found the error: in Europe, where I come from, one billion is 10^12; whereas in the US one billion is 10^9 ;-) @ErikSmit
...found the error: in Europe, where I come from, one billion is 10^12; whereas in the US one billion is 10^9 ;-) @ErikSmit
jmb
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...my european intuition seems stiil correct though ;-)
...my european intuition seems stiil correct though ;-)
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