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flohofwoe 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Anthropic tells staff to work from home due to pos...

In German, 10^9 is a 'Milliarde', and a 'Billion' is 10^12.

The Wikipedia article has a nice map what countries use which convention (search for "Current Usage"):

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

zem 18 days ago | [–]

"milliard" gave us this delightful little poem https://allpoetry.com/Atomyriades

ralfd 18 days ago | [–]

Brazil and Portugal being different doesnt seem stable. I guess Brazils usage will win out?

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