Comment on Americans used record 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023

afk_strats@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  He was hoarding all the toilet paper in the corona supermarket wars. New conspiracy unlocked. /s

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That feels like a bad comparison. Technically paper could told a huge amount of data if you write small enough

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• InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  About 14 football fields, stacked up to the crossbar.
  according to GPT-4o-mini that I haven’t double-checked, which means it’s likely wrong somewhere.

  Summary of Paper Volume and Football Fields

  Data Capacity of a Letter-Sized Page

  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
  • Average Text Capacity:
    • Approximately 500 to 600 words
    • About 2,500 to 3,000 characters
    • Roughly 2,500 to 3,000 bytes (using standard ASCII/UTF-8)

  Total Pages for 100 Exabytes

  • 100 Exabytes = 10^20 bytes
  • Average Bytes per Page: 2,750 bytes
  • Total Pages: Approximately 36.4 trillion pages

  Volume of the Paper

  • Volume of One Page:
    • Volume = 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 0.004 inches ≈ 0.000374 cubic inches
  • Total Volume for 36.4 Trillion Pages:
    • Total volume ≈ 7.89 million cubic feet

  Volume of a Football Field

  • Dimensions:
    • Length: 120 yards (360 feet)
    • Width: 53.3 yards (160 feet)
    • Height: 10 feet
  • Volume: Approximately 576,000 cubic feet

  Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper

  • Calculation:
    • Number of football fields ≈ 7,890,000 cubic feet / 576,000 cubic feet ≈ 14
  • Result: Approximately 14 football

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• Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  1.618x10^7 at a height of bill gates

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