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stickfigure on June 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pepsi’s $32B Typo Caused Deadly Riots

> If I intended to write a check for $200 and later when it was cashed found I had accidentally wrote it for $220, I would call that a $20 typo.

So my example was a "$199,999,800 typo"? Can't we just round up?

cdubzzz on June 11, 2020 [–]

The relevant difference between our examples is not the amount. It's that my example check was cashed and therefore cost me $20. Your example check bounced and didn't cost you anything. If that bounce caused your bank to charge you a $10 fee, I'd call it a $10 typo.

interestica on June 11, 2020 | [–]

It was a $32B typo that only cost them $20M

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