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Re:Show HN: Tinder Revenue Estimate by waits on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:24PM (#16547336)
A "billion" is 10^9 in the short scale and 10^12 in the long scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparis...

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Re:Show HN: Tinder Revenue Estimate by spiznnx on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:06PM (#16547626)
It looks like the Long scale is falling into disuse in English speaking contexts from that article. I don't ever think I've ever seen the word "billion" in English refer to 1e+12 .
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