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The Universe As We Know It May End Sooner Than Expected (hackaday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's a huge difference, the estimate became 10,000 times smaller.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It is, but there are still quite a lot of zeros left.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

It’s like if I became 10,000 times less attractive. Same thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Is it more than 3?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

it's still a concern for biden

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its more like 0.5% difference.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Not really, the new value is 0.0001% of the old.

Just because the number has barely fewer digits doesn't mean it's barely smaller