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[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 days 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?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

About 200 million trillion times the entire global GDP

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

they should just print company script and send it to them

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

on the other hand, when Putin's done killing off most of their own present and future workforce in a senseless war and completely tanking his own economy, that might be the equivalent of like $3

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Interest rate: 13820146%

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

What is that, about tree-fiddy American?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

I predict they get jackshit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not a fan of Google, but they look probably like this:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

So that's like what, $20 American?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Essentially nothing, Google Russia declared bankruptcy two years ago when the russian government seized their bank account. I am not 100% certain but afaik google has no operations within russia anymore at this point in time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days 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)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Sounds like Russia is a little on cash...