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September 4, 2016 at 6:11 am
It's enough to be reasonably sure, but with the exponential nature of the equation, even extremely close approximations get blown up.
But you're probably right, there is probably a proof possible without explicit calculation.
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RE: Science Porn
September 4, 2016 at 12:55 pm
(September 4, 2016 at 6:11 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's enough to be reasonably sure, but with the exponential nature of the equation, even extremely close approximations get blown up.
But you're probably right, there is probably a proof possible without explicit calculation.
Oh no doubt it would be a nightmare to control the precision, but once you have a handle on that and you've gotten to the first digit after the decimal point, and it is nonvanishing within your precision, you're done - it's just if you get .000000..., you can never be sure that there won't be something else, is all I was saying
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October 23, 2016 at 5:28 pm
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Have you ever wondered how to count up to 31 with only one hand?
BINARY!!
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If you use two hands, you can go up to 1023! 
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October 24, 2016 at 11:20 am
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4 you, man!
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RE: Science Porn
October 24, 2016 at 11:26 am
(October 23, 2016 at 5:28 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Have you ever wondered how to count up to 31 with only one hand?
BINARY!!
If you use two hands, you can go up to 1023!
This is fucking awesome. Pity it would take too much of my time and energy to learn in practice.
In theory it's absolutely intellectually delicious and logically delectable.
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October 24, 2016 at 6:02 pm
(October 23, 2016 at 5:28 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Have you ever wondered how to count up to 31 with only one hand?
BINARY!!
If you use two hands, you can go up to 1023!
Digital binary. Cool!
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October 24, 2016 at 6:09 pm
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