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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by d0100 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:53PM (#25282857)
> α = 1/137.03599920611. (The last two digits are uncertain

It must certainly be 42

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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by newsbinator on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:02PM (#25285230)
This comment is an ideal example of this discussion:

> Ask HN: Why does HN hate humor?

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25278680

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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by d0100 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:29AM (#25289746)
Oh I knew I was risking downvotes, however I gambled that it was sufficiently different to maybe slide by
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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by ibraheemdev on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:06PM (#25284413)
Looks like I'm too late for the 42 joke...
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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by Koshkin on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:48PM (#25284286)
It is one over 42 times 3 plus 11 (where the last two digits are uncertain).
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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by drran on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:16PM (#25283094)
It is 42, but in our Visible Universe it's 137.
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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by Koshkin on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @08:52PM (#25284308)
Sure, sure, it’s like, there is pi, and then there’s raspberry pi.
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Re:Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the U... by rbanffy on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:17PM (#25283652)
When you account for all dimensions, it tends to 42.
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