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Intro

Intro to Mag World

The universe is very large, but it is not infinite.

Parable of the screws

Every 10x is a whole new level.

Scientific notation is backwards

The most important number should come first.

Mag math is easy

Multiplication becomes addition, and division becomes subtraction.

Units

Mag units are the standard metric units

"Nearly a third of what you have to learn consists of different ways of measuring the same thing, and I apologize for it."

Mag time

The Universe is ↑17.5 seconds old.

Mag distance and speed

↑8.5: speed of light in vacuum

Mag wealth

Someone’s wealth level can be determined with an assessment of their lifestyle.

Computers

Mag Computer (pre-internet, ↑0 to ↑6)

Mag RAM is a good proxy for Mag Computer.

Mag Computer (post-internet, ↑7 to ↑12)

↑7 to ↑12 computers are almost always networked.

Mag Computer Memory

9 orders of magnitude in 50 years.

Mag Latency

Numbers every software engineer should know.

Scale giveth, and complexity taketh away

The downside to scale is complexity.