minus-squareOrnatePotato@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to DickipedialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoTangential, but I’ve always wondered why in English 10^9 is one billion. 10^6 is one million. Twice as many zeroes should be one billion. Three times as many, one trillion, etc. linkfedilink
minus-squareOrnatePotato@lemmy.worldtorpg@ttrpg.network•10 TTRPG Podcasts (that are not Critical Role)linkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoSome I enjoy, in no particular order: Not Another D&D Podcast (D&D) The Lost Mountain and Other Sagas (Vaesen) Pretending to Be People (Delta Green) linkfedilink
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Tangential, but I’ve always wondered why in English 10^9 is one billion. 10^6 is one million. Twice as many zeroes should be one billion. Three times as many, one trillion, etc.