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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a lot of zeros, when written like that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, and it is the correct number of zeros to use. I find it helps to put things into scope. “Trillion” is an abstract magnitude to most people. Writing it out numerically makes it clear how absolutely enormous the number is.