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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien... by caseyy on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:03PM (#40225170)
Long billion vs short billion?
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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien... by williamcotton on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:29PM (#40225526)
Didn’t the “long billion”, aka a trillion, stop being used sometime in the early 20th century on British English, if not earlier?
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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien... by b800h on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @01:02PM (#40226048)
Some of our books in UK school in the 1980s listed 10^12 as a billion. That doesn't mean it wasn't officially changed in the early C20th though.
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