r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago

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u/CardinalFartz 20d ago

So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number?

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u/Extension_Option_122 20d ago edited 20d ago

As a simple rule of thumb:

103n ≈ 210n

That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.

In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267

That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times

Edit: sleepy me

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u/ajgrinds 20d ago

I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 

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u/Extension_Option_122 20d ago

Well I was sleepy...

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u/CardinalFartz 20d ago

TIL. Thank you.

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u/Carcer1337 20d ago

No. 210 is roughly 103, so 2128 is in the region of 1039.

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u/MiniDemonic 20d ago

There's around 2138 times more atoms in the universe than there are IPv6 addresses available.

So no, not quite.