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Posted by c249709 7/1/2025

The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million(calvin.sh)
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Waterluvian 7/1/2025|
This right here is my favourite flavour of the Web.
linsomniac 7/1/2025||
I think I have the real explanation: Mint to Contractor: "Those dimensions were supposed to be in yards, not meters."
Mehuleo 7/2/2025||
We don't know what kinda stuff is stuffed in the center — maybe some useless stuff that saves them Feds $500K!
thih9 7/2/2025||
Is there any proof that the money inside, including what is visible, is genuine and not a prop?
ab_goat 7/1/2025||
I've been thinking about using an app like this to count parking spaces in a city!

Thank you

account-5 7/2/2025||
This is my sort of pedantry!
FerretFred 7/1/2025||
>So yeah. They’re off by 50%.

Ah, that'll be the allowance for inflation/devaluation.

pirate787 7/1/2025|
or allowance for vendor graft if they billed for $1mm
h1fra 7/1/2025|
nit: Technically, even if there is exactly $1M you need to account for the box price since they don't specify that it's $1M in cash but just say "what one million dollars looks like".
jjk166 7/1/2025|
That makes it worse, assuming the box has positive value
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