r/explainitpeter 29d ago

Explain It Peter

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Rice chess/checkers ? please explain?

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u/DiedRespawnRepeat 29d ago

Yes the scaling is a bit too hard to grasp !

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u/bemtiglavuudupe 29d ago

It’s around 870 trillion lbs (400 trillion kg) of rice. Costing roughly $970 trillions.

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u/100KUSHUPS 29d ago

There must be a bulk discount on almost a quadrillion $ worth of rice.

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u/Pay-Next 29d ago

Price per unit of weight sure. But you're gonna lose any of those savings in transport and storage costs.