https://xkcd.com/2936

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Karpov’s construction of a series of increasingly large rice cookers led to a protracted deadlock, but exponential growth won in the end.

  • Kayana@ttrpg.network
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    5 months ago

    This seems wrong…

    10^17 milligrams

    -> 10^14 grams

    -> 10^11 kilograms

    -> 10^8 tons

    So it should actually be 553 402 322 tons, which means that we can do it only using the rice produced in 2022.

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      5 months ago

      This seems wrong…

      10^17 milligrams

      (2^64−1) × 0.03 = 5.53 × 10^17 is weight in grams.

      but i had an error in the second paragraph where i said this number is number of grains.

      the ultimate result (712 times the annual production) is correct.

      sorry for the confusion and thx for catching that.