I like to say “if a millionaire lost a million dollars, he would be broke. But if a billionaire lost a million dollars, he’d still pretty much a billionaire.”
essell@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My favourite way to describe this is “the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion.”
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
A million seconds is 11.5 days. A billion seconds is a little under 32 years.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This one is my favorite for really conveying the difference in scale.