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jotto

"order of magnitude"?

* March 4th assets: 4.2T

* Today: 5.8T

* Proposed: 2.3T more

so that's 3.9T since March 4th. Doubling. Not "order of magnitude"

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This is a site for computer nerds, and to them doubling is an order of magnitude.

(Well at least to the subset who think in binary. For those who prefer hex, even a factor of 10 won’t do it).

Order of magnitude = 10. Binary order of magnitude = twofold = 2x.

Mixing terminology as it suits oneself is considered deceitful and/or manipulative. Making excuses for someone who does this and doesn't restate/recant is also bad form.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_magnitude

Although if jocularity in your message whooshed over my head I apologise for that.

Maybe he was talking rate? 2T seems off the charts if you're talking the normal events, looks like 2008 made it jump 1T to 2T in 2 months. This jumping 2T in 1 week is a little off the charts.

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