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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by donmcronald on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:58AM (#25036085)
That's a great read. I don't understand the prime number part though:

> 3599 = (3600 – 1) = (602 – 12) = (60 – 1) (60 + 1) = 59 times 61. Not a prime number.

Where does the (602 - 12) come from? Can someone explain that to me?

Also, use a leading space to keep things out of your bash history.

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by asimjalis on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:15PM (#25037002)
That’s 60^2 - 1^2. The exponentiation was lost in the rendering I suspect.
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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by keithlfrost on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:40PM (#25037285)
That should read as 60^2 - 1^2 -- the twos should be typeset as superscript.
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