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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by dboreham on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @05:09PM (#39376277)
Something...something...gauge theory.

Or perhaps -- it's a constant in the simulator source code.

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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by dylan604 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:08PM (#39376881)
Maybe it's so difficult because it's not a constant, but a magic number used in the code. (yeah, I'm dealing with lots of magic numbers in some code currently being worked on)
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