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		panda-giddiness 71 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage... Attached end-to-end, they'd extend almost from the Earth to the Sun [1]. Placed in a grid, they'd cover an area larger than Wales [2]. Piled on top of each other, they'd reach a tenth the distance to the moon [3]. --- [1] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=449.5+10%5E9++%28leng... [2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=449.5+10%5E9++%28area... [3] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=449.5+10%5E9++%28thic...

nonethewiser 71 days ago [–]

I am shocked that 1 and 2 are both true. I would have guessed 1 would have implied a much larger area than Wales.

Panzer04 70 days ago | [–]

Funny how unintuitive N^2 growth can be :D

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