• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Provided the world produced as much grain as in 2022, it would take ~seven centuries to fill the board.

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    • 2⁰+2¹+2²+[…]+2⁶³ = 2⁶⁴-1 ≃ 2⁶⁴ = 1.84*10¹⁹ grains
    • A grain of rice weights 0.029g on average
    • (1.84*10¹⁹)*0.029g = 5.35*10¹⁷g = 5.35*10¹¹t
    • global rice production in 2022 was 776 461 457t, or 7.76*10⁸t
    • 5.35*10¹¹t / 7.76*10⁸t/year = 689 years

    It could be worse, I guess. At least it’s ten orders of magnitude lower than the mass of Earth. Now, if you were to use a go board…