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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 days ago0.000000000315 % 2500 / 8,000,000,000 = 3.125 × 10^-7 That’s not even a rounding error. We would need to increase the supply of billionaires by a factor magnitude of 6 to even approach a rounding error.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoSix orders of magnitude, not a factor of six. The first is how many powers of ten, the second is a direct multiplier.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoFair enough. I conflated my terms.
0.000000000315 %
2500 / 8,000,000,000 = 3.125 × 10^-7
That’s not even a rounding error. We would need to increase the supply of billionaires by a
factormagnitude of 6 to even approach a rounding error.Six orders of magnitude, not a factor of six. The first is how many powers of ten, the second is a direct multiplier.
Fair enough. I conflated my terms.