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quantumhobbit on Jan 10, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zimbabwe introduces new $50 billion note

When will they start using scientific notation on the notes? I'd invest a few dollars at whatever exchange rate just to get a hold of some $10^23 notes.

LogicHoleFlaw on Jan 10, 2009 | [–]

That'd be just about a mole of currency. Yikes.

mhartl on Jan 11, 2009 | [–]

It would be simpler just to switch to a log scale.

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