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Discussion on: 1 Billion Row Challenge Napkin Math

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Michael Nikitochkin

The world average city name length, based on some service is approximately 8 characters. This means each city name would take up 14 bytes of storage, leading to a 14 GiB input.txt file. This calculation aligns with the concept of Napkin Math, demonstrating a quick estimation approach.