mwengler comments on Fermi Estimates - Less Wrong

51 Post author: lukeprog 11 April 2013 05:52PM

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Comment author: mwengler 26 April 2013 05:46:42PM 1 point [-]

One of my favorite numbers to remember to aid in estimations is this: 1 year = pi * 10^7 seconds. Its really pretty accurate.

Of course for Fermi estimation just remember 1 Gs (gigasecond) = 30 years.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2013 10:55:14PM 0 points [-]

10^7.5 is even more accurate.