Quadrillion -5minutefreewrite
For https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-235-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-quadrillion
You probably want me to explain Quadrillion to you, and why the picture conveys it. I had a few ideas. One was to figure out how much salt was a quadrillion molecules of salt... But that requires measuring.
And it's a little less than a gram, I think... I think the information I found was that 58 grams was 718 quadrillion molecules... so.
Of course a quadrillion is also approximately the wealth of the world. 1.2 quadrillion was a number I saw bandied about... Is it cheating that I wanted to find some info before starting my freewrite... It's just one of those numbers, you know? It a very big number, but not so big that it's more than you can conceive of... Like a googolplex is...
There's a quadrillion ants in the world, I think I saw.
A googolplex is more than the number of atoms in the universe. It's such a big number that it's not really useful for measuring things, I think. Right? Is it more than the number of instants in the world? Is it the number of parallel universes? Like, maybe every time a quantum particle moves one way, it also simultaneously moves in every possible direction, but maybe those are finite quanta.
is there. And then, if there is, wouldn't that be possible a very large, but finite number, like googolplex?
Oh, right, so why that picture? Because quadrillion is 10^15 (at least according to the American System) and that shape I'm making with my hand represents 15 if I'm counting in binary on my fingers.
(and my mouth is saying "I'll explain in the freewrite why this is the picture for quadrillion")
@improv You have earned a random upvote from @botreporter & @bycoleman because this post did not use any bidbots.
Just spent an hour researching you.
A) I approve of what transparencybot does.
B) I'm very annoyed by "you're a bully", "no you're a bully" going back and forth, as if bullying is really the issue here.
C) if bullying IS the issue, I don't think one should accuse those with less power of being the bullies of those with MORE power. i.e. transparencybot can't be bullying fyrstikken any more than a toddler can bully a professional wrestler... no offense, I just mean relative-power-wise.
D) Downvotes because of disagrees on rewards is absolutely what that's for! I feel like this is even the exact circumstance that portion is written for! And yet a witness is objecting??? ugh.
E) Activists need to be morally irreproachable. To that end, even though it's made invisible by the platform, I think transparencybot needs to not upvote its own comments. You'll lose the battle for the hearts and minds of those who don't know anything either way.
F) I'm glad for the upvote even though I didn't use your hashtag. I think you shouldn't have the hashtag thing at all.
G) If you have a strong case to be made about why your reputation should be much higher, and I think you do, you should talk with some of the high-rep folks who aren't entrenched in the bidbot system, like @papa-pepper and, well, so many more, to get upvotes from - not for the $, but for the rep. You could even donate any money that isn't downvoted away to @steemcleaners or some such thing as a show of good faith. ...rep is calculated by relative rep, right? Or is it by SP, too? In which case, I dunno what to suggest.
H) I'm proud of @cardboard and @malloryblythe for supporting you. I know them a little, and it was a delight to see their comments on your discussions!
Thank you for the great reply.
The hashtag #nobidbot was created by @whatamidoing, @transparencybot does support this initiative, but as you noticed, the tag is not required to get an upvote from me.
Currently, the self-upvote is required simply due to the negative rep. No upvote, then my comment would be invisible. The tiny upvote is just enough to make the comment visible.
Bullying is major problem on the platform and for some reason good people seem to be tolerating itwhen they see it full force against those who cannot fight back, my guess is their inaction is manly out of fear.
Stay tuned, good things from TB are just around the corner.
@transparencybot I understand why you upvote your comments. I'm saying that I think the net negative outweighs the positive, when the real goal is to win hearts and minds!
OK, Understood.
Thanks for the support!
You made me laugh! I'm so glad to know there are a quadrillion ants living on the planet.
@tristancarax It's quite a number!