return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoEvery billionaire under the age of 30 inherited their fortune, new report findsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarexePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoI think there is confusion over the long- and short scale naming system for numbers. Long Billion: 10^12 Short Billion: 10^9
minus-squareorclev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoHuh, never heard of that before. I’ve literally only ever heard of 1 billion as 1,000,000,000.
minus-squareroot_beer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah, it could be confusing, except what individual on earth has a trillion (long-form billion) dollars? It’ll happen in our lifetimes, sure, but not right now Also, look up lakh and crore if you want to think you’re having a stroke
I think there is confusion over the long- and short scale naming system for numbers.
Long Billion: 10^12
Short Billion: 10^9
Huh, never heard of that before. I’ve literally only ever heard of 1 billion as 1,000,000,000.
Yeah, it could be confusing, except what individual on earth has a trillion (long-form billion) dollars? It’ll happen in our lifetimes, sure, but not right now
Also, look up lakh and crore if you want to think you’re having a stroke
WTF? Oh wow. TIL.