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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 89 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Infinity is technically not a number tho πŸ€“β˜οΈ

The boss isn't an employee either 😎

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Definitely not a real number.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not an imaginary number either

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They all are, except the imaginary ones

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They seemed a bit too complex to bring up.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago

but it is quite big

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 23 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

It's not the number that makes something big, it's what it's counting. 67,502 atoms isn't very impressive, but 1 universe is!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

8 is a big number of gunshot wounds.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 4 weeks ago

50 is that you?

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a pretty unimpressive number of universes, though.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

it's the amount we are 100% certain of that they exist

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

It's the most that's ever existed

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not really, though. Big numbers are a separate branch of mathematics. A googolplex, for instance is more than the number of atoms in the observable universe, but it's way smaller than grahams number.

What it counts is not exactly the point is more of a definition exercise of what the upper bound is of what we can imagine it put in words. Sometimes it has functionality, such as the largest Mersenne prime.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Its more impressive to count 67502 atoms than to count 1 universe

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"67,502! 67,502 atoms, ah, ah, ah!"

thunder and lightning

[–] genuineparts@infosec.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

thunder and lightning

Very, very frightning me

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

Five! Five Galileos, ah, ah, ah!

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

9136 looks so excited to be in their presence. I wonder if that was intentional (starting the number with a 9, which, coupled with the eye, makes a left-facing face) or happenstance.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

Good artists think of all those things. Note how the 9 β€œopened up” more to be like smiling and standing at greater attention in respect, and in the other the number the 2 has it’s foot tucked behind itself in shame as it’s apologizing. Good stuff :-)

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 weeks ago