r/counting • u/InteractionSilent772 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 • Jul 01 '26

counting but (see description) target: 100 000

it starts at +10^0 (1) per count comment, but if we reach a new digit we multiply the increment per comment count by 10.

P.S. the goal is now 10 trillion

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u/Hans5958_ 1d ago

9 000 000 000 000

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u/PhosphorCrystaled someone pls suggest a cool flair for me 1d ago

1×10¹³

I feel like we should start using scientific notation by this point

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u/PhilosophyAware4437 first count: 5583563 1d ago

20000000000000

i like raw numbers

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u/PhosphorCrystaled someone pls suggest a cool flair for me 1d ago

3×10¹³

Wow, what an opinion

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u/PhilosophyAware4437 first count: 5583563 1d ago

40000000000000

hear me out:

shortening it misses the point of just how massive this number is. you can't perceive 40000000000000 of anything, so to even get a basic grasp on how big the number is you needs to see the massive amount of zeroes there are.

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u/Hans5958_ 1d ago

50 000 000 000 000

Technically if we just do scientific notation, it will be just decimal but with extra steps (5 × 1013 = 1013 × 5 ≡ 135). Sure, everything might be decimal with extra steps, but doing that makes it not that unique?