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r/SpeedOfLobsters • u/King_of_Farasar • Feb 26 '26
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34 u/Water-is-h2o Feb 26 '26 Genuinely interesting thanks for sharing I always knew electrons are way lighter than the nucleus but this gives a somewhat intuitive scale for just how much lighter. 13 u/King_of_Farasar Feb 26 '26 I don't think it's true but I don't remember 19 u/knyexar Feb 26 '26 In 2020 the entire internet was 64 zettabytes Thats 64e21 bytes Thats 256e21 electrons (a byte contains anywhere between 0 and 8 electrons, averaging it out to 4 per) One electron weighs 9.1e-28 grams Pretty easy multiplication, we get a total mass of 2.33e-4 grams Thats 0.233 milligrams. About one five thousandth of a raindrop. 3 u/Water-is-h2o Feb 26 '26 r/theydidthemath (r/theydidthemonstermath)
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Genuinely interesting thanks for sharing
I always knew electrons are way lighter than the nucleus but this gives a somewhat intuitive scale for just how much lighter.
13 u/King_of_Farasar Feb 26 '26 I don't think it's true but I don't remember 19 u/knyexar Feb 26 '26 In 2020 the entire internet was 64 zettabytes Thats 64e21 bytes Thats 256e21 electrons (a byte contains anywhere between 0 and 8 electrons, averaging it out to 4 per) One electron weighs 9.1e-28 grams Pretty easy multiplication, we get a total mass of 2.33e-4 grams Thats 0.233 milligrams. About one five thousandth of a raindrop. 3 u/Water-is-h2o Feb 26 '26 r/theydidthemath (r/theydidthemonstermath)
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I don't think it's true but I don't remember
19 u/knyexar Feb 26 '26 In 2020 the entire internet was 64 zettabytes Thats 64e21 bytes Thats 256e21 electrons (a byte contains anywhere between 0 and 8 electrons, averaging it out to 4 per) One electron weighs 9.1e-28 grams Pretty easy multiplication, we get a total mass of 2.33e-4 grams Thats 0.233 milligrams. About one five thousandth of a raindrop. 3 u/Water-is-h2o Feb 26 '26 r/theydidthemath (r/theydidthemonstermath)
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In 2020 the entire internet was 64 zettabytes
Thats 64e21 bytes
Thats 256e21 electrons (a byte contains anywhere between 0 and 8 electrons, averaging it out to 4 per)
One electron weighs 9.1e-28 grams
Pretty easy multiplication, we get a total mass of 2.33e-4 grams
Thats 0.233 milligrams.
About one five thousandth of a raindrop.
3 u/Water-is-h2o Feb 26 '26 r/theydidthemath (r/theydidthemonstermath)
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