relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/980/
I love this one:
Show HN: How much is 13B euros?
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#13If Apple got a 13 billion dollar fine every single month, it would take 22 years for it to exhaust their networth.
Is that more than their monthly EU revenue? I guess they would just decide not to do business in the EU in that case.
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#141 km of freeway is 10-40 million so 325-1300 km of freeway.
1 km of high speed train line is 20-60 million so 216-650 km of high speed train
Ireland's healthcare spending was 22.3 Bn in 2023, so 13 Bn covers 7 months of healthcare for the country.
I see the OP included "In € 2.24Bn National Childrens Hospitals? 5.8 National Childrens Hospitals" so they're on the right track.
We're talking about state spending here so it's pointless to compare it to the price of a tablet IMO.
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#150,001% of all billionaires net worth.
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#16What’s the point of this?
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#17What’s the point of this?
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#18A metro system or two: https://www.thejournal.ie/metrolink-expensive-rail-undergrou...
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#19The obsession with numbers and money, the sure sign of evil. Everyone, quick, drink holy wasser, until it's too late :D.
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#20What’s the point of this?
> Hi,
I made this page to contextualize 13 billion euros (or 14): an amount due to Ireland in an EU Apple tax case and all over the airwaves here this week. I use some pretty silly back-of-the-envelope type calculations
It’s in the post. You asked a shitty question. Don’t be rude.