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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sat Feb 20 11:15:42 2021
    1st place - $500,000
    2nd place - $300,000
    3rd place - $150,000

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    MvdV> Sorry, not interested.

    You might have added that in most of the developed world, including e.g. the Netherlands and Sweden, the comma is used as a *decimal* separator.

    Come to think of it, I seem to recall that the comma is used all over Europe except for some Anglo-parts.

    Five hundred US bucks doesn't seem like a lot of money... 8-)


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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Björn Felten on Sat Feb 20 11:55:06 2021
    Hello Björn,

    On Saturday February 20 2021 11:15, you wrote to me:

    1st place - $500,000
    2nd place - $300,000
    3rd place - $150,000

    www.bigelowinstitute.org

    MvdV>> Sorry, not interested.

    You might have added that in most of the developed world, including e.g. the Netherlands and Sweden, the comma is used as a *decimal* separator.

    Good catch! ;-)

    Five hundred US bucks doesn't seem like a lot of money... 8-)

    Indeed. But I did actually read it as 150 thousand. It must heave been the combination of three zeros behind the comma and the $ that made my mind switch automatically in US mode. ;-)

    Confusing it is these differences. Well it could have been worse. At least they use decimal numbers. They could have used that old mixture of sexagesimal and duodecimal numbers...


    Cheers, Michiel

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