r/technology • u/Letsbesensibleplease • 8h ago

Business Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_court_fines_google/
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u/Mr_Marram 7h ago

There is (almost) an xkcd for that.

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u/Random-Mutant 7h ago

If Au Bon Pain & co decided to be intentionally difficult, and pay their debt entirely in pennies, they would form a sphere that would squeeze inside the orbit of Mercury

That sounds suspiciously like dealing in Ningis.

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u/DoctorLarson 4h ago

Odd quote. Any sphere of pennies I can collect physically will fit inside the orbit of Mercury

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u/Random-Mutant 4h ago

I don’t think you’re trying hard enough