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Re:Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach (2000) by imtringued on Friday June 04, 2021 @05:48AM (#27392077)
That's still arbitrary (designed by humans) because you decided to count each proton as 1. We could also count every proton as 2 and it would be just as arbitrary.
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Re:Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach (2000) by Koshkin on Saturday June 05, 2021 @05:16PM (#27408512)
Unfortunately, the number of dollar bills in your wallet cannot be thought of as arbitrary.
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