Google has just been fined a comically large amount of money - here’s what it means
Posted by Alex09464367@reddit | anime_titties | View on Reddit | 33 comments
"It has been ordered to pay $2 undecillion, a number so hilariously large it has 36 zeros in it (a million has six for reference). "
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"at least according to the World Bank’s estimate for the global GDP - around $105 trillion in 2023."
zadicil@reddit
This number is so massive that trying to scale it down to give it some perspective doesn’t work as the numbers are still mind bogglingly big, but as an attempt… if Google paid this fine in instalments of the worlds GDP per second aka every single second of every day they paid 100 trillion USD the last payment would be made in 680 billion years, give or take a few billion, that’s around 49.2 times longer than the universe has existed to pay it off.
JerryBoBerry38@reddit
It will get settled out of court after Google presents its counter offer to the judge. Five Rubles, a case of vodka, and a detailed printout of the judges internet search history.
Britstuckinamerica@reddit
I get the joke of course but the judge will certainly have used Yandex (which has an extremely good reverse image search by the way, try it out if you're curious!)
pythonic_dude@reddit
It's more like yandex has the last functional reverse image search, with tineye barely functional and google basically destroying theirs.
ScoutTheAwper@reddit
Saucenao is decent too. But yeah if that doesn't work I go to to yandex
PersnickityPenguin@reddit
So basically, Google is toast
Ruinwyn@reddit
Basically, Google won't operate in Russia before regime changes. Which was already the situation.
mfb-@reddit
Or Google doesn't care what a Russian court thinks.
Similar_Yoghurts@reddit
As outrageous as that scenario is, it actually does do a pretty good job of giving a somewhat understandable scale to that number. Well done!
njuff22@reddit
log₂(2^n × 2 × 10^36) = log₂(10^100) n + 1 + 36 × log₂(10) ≈ 100 × log₂(10) n + 1 + 36 × 3.32... = 100 × 3.32... n + 1 + 119.52... = 332... n ≈ 211.48...
Assuming it keeps doubling every week it'll reach a googol (10^100) dollars in size in 212 weeks, or about 4 years and 1 month. Mark your calendars everyone!
AsthislainX@reddit
RemindMe! 23/11/2028
phormix@reddit
Well, they first wanted to fine google "one hundred THOUSAND dollars", but then were told it wasn't a lot of money and they were a bunch of imbecilions. Obviously they misunderstood.
Visual_Discussion112@reddit
Thank you, I will now use the word imbecilions instead of dumdumb
Icy-Cry340@reddit
Nah, the fine simply doubles periodically, this is explodential growth in action. Pretty funny though. Really, this is simple divorce, Russians don’t expect Google to ever operate over there again.
Xezshibole@reddit
Up until there's a new government and all the old records fet wiped, anyways.
chowderbags@reddit
As is Russian tradition.
phormix@reddit
Awesome. So at some point it's either going to exceed some bytespace limit and revert back to zero/negetive or crash whatever computer systems Russia is keeping track of it with.
UnchillBill@reddit
It’s already comfortably bigger than a uint64
Icy-Cry340@reddit
You can represent it as a formula, no need to store it in some byte array.
phormix@reddit
Sssshhhh... don't tell them that!
Or actually:
use a formula, but do it in Excel!
Icy-Cry340@reddit
I think they know, the average vodkacel is a lot better at math than the typical amerifat or eurocuck.
Array_626@reddit
News tomorrow: Russia has declared a Special Military Operation into Alaska to secure natural resources and collateral assets. Claims this action is necessary to recompense the Russian Federation for the 2 undecilion dollar fine, legally and justifiably, levied against US company Google for its illegal activities committed in Russia.
Old_Wallaby_7461@reddit
I don't think the Russians hate their sailors this much
LittleBigHorror@reddit
News the day after: The Russian federation is now the world's biggest parking lot.
SurturOfMuspelheim@reddit
I'd support that.
YashaAstora@reddit
Really really want to see how the Russia-glazers in this sub defend a decision this patently stupid.
klopaplop@reddit
Part of me wonders what the chances are even a single dollar of that will land in Russia's lap. It's just so stupid.
Or what the practical outcome they're actually seeking could be from trying to do something like this in the first place, since I can't think of it working their way at all.
BujuArena@reddit
Their official statement is the following:
This is their way of saying "lmao stay mad".
Britstuckinamerica@reddit
A Yandex monopoly is far, far better for Russia than a popular American rival
Responsible_Salad521@reddit
Its to kick them out of the market
Objective-Aioli-1185@reddit
The same country that has caused unnecessary deaths to Ukraine and itself? Who bombed a fucking oncology hospital on week one of the war? The same country responsible for countless unaccounted for children? That country? Lol
Alex09464367@reddit (OP)
Is this a coincidence?
What if Au Bon Pain lost this lawsuit and had to pay the plaintiff $2 undecillion?
—Kevin Underhill
https://what-if.xkcd.com/96/
"Even if Au Bon Pain conquers the planet and puts everyone to work for them from now until the stars die, they wouldn't make a dent in the bill."
Winjin@reddit
The only possibility mr. Munroe missed here is dollar suddenly crashing like Zimbabwean dollar. Then the debt would be easier to repay! Genius really \s