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.

34 points

X = 10, learn your Roman numerals

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23 points

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

Edit: typo dayly > daily

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11 points

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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6 points

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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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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0 points

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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4 points

Market cap? It’s a private company, it doesn’t have a market cap.

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4 points

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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3 points

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

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1 point

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

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14 points

Wake me up when they figure out epsilon

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12 points

Let epsilon be a large number

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8 points

This makes me irrationally uncomfortable.

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3 points

No one said it was irrational, but sure why not

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1 point

Let |ε| < 0…

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80085 = XXX

X = 43.103948978092

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