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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 95 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

The boss isn't an employee either 😎

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Definitely not a real number.

Not an imaginary number either

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They all are, except the imaginary ones

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They seemed a bit too complex to bring up.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago

but it is quite big

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 25 points 6 days 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 6 days ago (1 children)

8 is a big number of gunshot wounds.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago

50 is that you?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days 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.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

99.999% certain*

You cant exclude the chance conspiracy theorists are right

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

First of all, yes we can. We have tons of experimental proof. Secondly, even if the earth is flat or whatever it must still exist inside some form of a universe.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

It's the most that's ever existed

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

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

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

thunder and lightning

[–] genuineparts@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

thunder and lightning

Very, very frightning me

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Five! Five Galileos, ah, ah, ah!

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week 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 6 days 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 6 days ago