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[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Humans have mined more than 200000 metric tons of gold, which is about 10000 cubic meters, not 23

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Whoops. 23³ m³

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[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place?

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it's a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it's easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago

Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Most of it's used in tech so how much of it is owned and not licensed? 🤔

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

Very little gold is used in tech