Comment on Tech leaders emerge behind plan to build new city near California air base — Group has spent nearly $1 billion to buy thousands of acres northeast of San Francisco

raunz@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Blizzard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And also it’s no a nearly billion but 800 million. I know it from another article posted here. So it’s a paywalled clickbait repost.

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  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    800 million is nearly a billion, much like how 8 is nearly 10.

    Weird quibble to have.

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    • Blizzard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The difference between 8 & 10 is 2, the difference between 800 million and 1 billion is 200 million.

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      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And the differnce between 8 and 10 is 20% of 10. The differnce between 1000 million and 800 million is 20% of 1000 million.

        20% = 20%. The ratio is the same.

        Since saying “8 is nearly 10” is reasonable, saying “800mil is nearly 1000mil” is also reasonable. The math doesnt really change just because of the scale.

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