Kingreaper comments on Confidence levels inside and outside an argument - Less Wrong
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I personally find the best way to deal with such numbers is to talk about nines.
999,999,999 in a billion=99.9 999 999%= 9 nines
999,999,999,999 in a trillion=99.9 999 999 999%= 12 nines