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Re:Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not by chaxor on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:32AM (#37583349)
Related to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_paradox

Just as a quick example of why it's a bit absurd - I name that number you just defined $zeta$. Now I make $zeta'$ = zeta^zeta. Or whatever manipulation you like. Adding constraints is addressed in the link.

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Re:Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not by marcosdumay on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:45PM (#37586480)
And zeta' can not be expressed by any state of the visible Universe.

The GP question was not about encoding, and thus is not subject to compression. The largest number we can measure of anything is a pretty well defined concept.

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