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Re:Mr Tiff by layer8 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @09:26AM (#45823195)
What do you mean, non-special? 42 is the magic constant of the smallest non-trivial magic cube.
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Re:Mr Tiff by hnlmorg on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:31PM (#45826175)
It’s also an integer. Who ch I pretty special when you consider that most numbers in nature are real.
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Re:Mr Tiff by layer8 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @02:46PM (#45827013)
I have yet to see a number in nature.
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Re:Mr Tiff by hnlmorg on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @04:30PM (#45828300)
Nature is full of them.
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Re:Mr Tiff by Perz1val on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:26AM (#45833175)
But they're real, right? Or is too complex to just say so?
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Re:Mr Tiff by hnlmorg on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:46AM (#45836470)
There isn’t a fraction of me which didn’t appreciate that comment
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