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[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 7 points 3 hours ago

If they keep duplicating the ask, soon they'll be asking for a googol from Google. Hehe.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 hours ago

What is that, about tree-fiddy American?

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 5 points 5 hours ago

honestly at this point, why even use real numbers? Just ask for a bazillion rubles, it's about as likely as 2 undecillion.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 31 points 9 hours ago

The amount is doubled every week until the decision is fulfilled, with no limit on the total amount.

When you skipped the day they went over exponential functions in algebra.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

I predict they get jackshit

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 52 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They should have just committed to the bit and demanded a googolplex of rubles from Google.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 34 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Putting everything else aside:

Why do they think they have any right to be platformed by Google, a private American company?

Can I demand that anti Putin content be platformed on VK or they have to pay me genuinely absurd fines?

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

I don't want to be your friend. I'm going to fine you weekly until you are!

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You can, but why'd you want to platform something on a social network singlehandedly lowering the IQ of the whole IP address block?

[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

for the record, that is $10,779,224,060,605,347,000,000,000,000,000,000 (american) dollars

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

About 200 million trillion times the entire global GDP

[–] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

they should just print company script and send it to them

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That one guy is pitching in $5 so now Google owes $10,779,224,060,605,346,999,999,999,999,999,995

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

I will pitch in .000000000000000000000001 Bitcoin, so that's either insignificant or enough to pay off everything, I have no idea!

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What do you think, how long should we wait until the overflow in the debts database makes the value negative?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 7 hours ago

Who knows what data type they're using. Based on the values given, it's already getting close to 128 bits, and most languages don't have a data type that large in their standards.

I figure it will be more like "Vasily! Print another page of zeros!"

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I can loan Google the $5 if they need it.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

Interest rate: 13820146%

[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder what that means for google operating in russia. Since the demanded sum is so large, do they get their assets seized, like for example authorities sacking google phones? Or does this have absolutely no consequences?

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

I imagine google operation in Russia is currently Ivan with a Chromebook. I guess Putin can nationalize it and call it a victory. Good knows he needs one (but the devil will collect)