https://xkcd.com/2861/

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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.

  • lugal
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    11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

      To be clear for non-Germans: “Der Postillon” is a satire-newspaper and only calls itself “The biggest German dayly newspaper of the World”. 😅

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        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

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          11 months ago

          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.

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            11 months 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

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      11 months 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.

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      11 months ago

      Gonna go with the last one in the discussion part

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

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        11 months ago

        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.

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          11 months ago

          According to their ass, private companies don’t have a market cap, they’re not on the market.

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            11 months ago

            But if you search for Twitter market cap as of today it’s that number. Super weird. Maybe it’s just bots scraping each others.

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              11 months ago

              The best you’ll get is evaluations of how much the company might be able to sell for or could open at on the stock market but that’s based on thin air and many companies enter the market being evaluated at X$ only to crash in the next few days to their real value (see Robinhood).

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          11 months 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