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The value of n is still unknown, but new results constrain it to fall between 8 and 10^500, ruling out popular 'n=1' and 'n=2' theories.

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[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Close, but it's actually 5 and the biggest German newspaper covered it a decade ago. Also: I feel old now.

[โ€“] laghum@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be clear for non-Germans: "Der Postillon" is a satire-newspaper and only calls itself "The biggest German daily newspaper of the World". ๐Ÿ˜…

Edit: typo dayly > daily

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not even sure they call themself that but they have "honest news, independent, fast since 1845" and they "report before they investigate", that's how fast they are. They are the equivalent of The Onion I would say

[โ€“] laghum@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's what they say, when you google them, but it's probably not their real slogan, you're right.

And yes, I would agree that they are the equivalent of The Onion.

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

If they say it, I'm sure it is true. I just wanted to avoid the situation where I think you said it and you think I did

[โ€“] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] cholesterol@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The specific number 4.1083 does not have any notable significance or special role in the contexts of physics, chemistry, finance, astronomy or cryptography.[citation needed] 4.1083 (or at least 4.108) has been referenced previously in comic 899: Number Line.

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gonna go with the last one in the discussion part

TWTR earlier this month had a market cap of $41.09bn

[โ€“] hansl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Curious, according to whom? Outside of just unsourced reports of its market cap, the estimates on its valuation are less than half that number.

I really cannot find a news source.

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hmm you're right, honestly I just googled and saw the same exact number with a decimal point shifted, so I put two and two together

As for whether that number is actually a valid valuation, I've not got the information to say

[โ€“] rockerface@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wake me up when they figure out epsilon

[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago

Let epsilon be a large number

[โ€“] DrWyrm@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

80085 = XXX

X = 43.103948978092