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      7 days ago

      That feels like a bad comparison. Technically paper could told a huge amount of data if you write small enough

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      He was hoarding all the toilet paper in the corona supermarket wars. New conspiracy unlocked. /s

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      About 14 football fields, stacked up to the crossbar.
      according to GPT-4o-mini that I haven’t double-checked, which means it’s likely wrong somewhere.

      Summary of Paper Volume and Football Fields

      Data Capacity of a Letter-Sized Page

      • Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
      • Average Text Capacity:
        • Approximately 500 to 600 words
        • About 2,500 to 3,000 characters
        • Roughly 2,500 to 3,000 bytes (using standard ASCII/UTF-8)

      Total Pages for 100 Exabytes

      • 100 Exabytes = 10^20 bytes
      • Average Bytes per Page: 2,750 bytes
      • Total Pages: Approximately 36.4 trillion pages

      Volume of the Paper

      • Volume of One Page:
        • Volume = 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 0.004 inches ≈ 0.000374 cubic inches
      • Total Volume for 36.4 Trillion Pages:
        • Total volume ≈ 7.89 million cubic feet

      Volume of a Football Field

      • Dimensions:
        • Length: 120 yards (360 feet)
        • Width: 53.3 yards (160 feet)
        • Height: 10 feet
      • Volume: Approximately 576,000 cubic feet

      Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper

      • Calculation:
        • Number of football fields ≈ 7,890,000 cubic feet / 576,000 cubic feet ≈ 14
      • Result: Approximately 14 football