sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down115
arrow-up1394arrow-down1imageThis is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square107linkfedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoHumans own 23³m³ of gold total
minus-squaremyotheraccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHumans have mined more than 200000 metric tons of gold, which is about 10000 cubic meters, not 23
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months ago23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place?
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it’s a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it’s easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoCorrect. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoMost of it’s used in tech so how much of it is owned and not licensed? 🤔
Humans own 23³m³ of gold total
Humans have mined more than 200000 metric tons of gold, which is about 10000 cubic meters, not 23
Whoops. 23³ m³
23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place?
I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it’s a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it’s easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters.
Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses.
Most of it’s used in tech so how much of it is owned and not licensed? 🤔
Very little gold is used in tech