Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-22, 20:36
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Replies: 21
Views: 415
The idea is fine. Using fewer bases to test is...
The idea is fine. Using fewer bases to test is always a good thing.
But the lack of reasoning, and lack of proof, makes it all moot. It might work fine for all the small numbers you tested, but...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-22, 09:32
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Replies: 21
Views: 415
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-21, 14:50
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Replies: 1,363
Views: 87,478
data vs datum
Then some of you might hate the words bacteriums and bacterias.
Language changes with usage. If people use those words then the language simply reflects that.
Anyhow, I've gotta get back to...
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-21, 08:04
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Replies: 32
Views: 889
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Forum: Software
2021-04-20, 05:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 137
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-20, 04:15
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Replies: 26
Views: 550
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-20, 03:58
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Replies: 26
Views: 550
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-19, 13:54
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Replies: 1,091
Views: 78,101
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Forum: News
2021-04-17, 20:52
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Replies: 328
Views: 61,366
There isn't much to publish.
"We ran some...
There isn't much to publish.
"We ran some existing software which we already talked about in the last publication, using already known algorithms, and discovered a prime. There was no award from...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-16, 03:46
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Replies: 4,282
Views: 321,691
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-15, 16:12
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Replies: 4,282
Views: 321,691
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-15, 16:09
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,029
Or, at least, so they claim.
That excuse...
Or, at least, so they claim.
That excuse doesn't work in places where guns are not freely available.
Rogue cop: "I thought his cell phone was a gun, your honour, so I shot him."
Judge:...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-15, 11:15
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Replies: 4,282
Views: 321,691
The eyes have it
When: ⅈ = √-1
Then: (((ⅈ^ⅈ)^ⅈ)^ⅈ)^ⅈ = ⅈ
And ⅈ^ⅈ^ⅈ^ⅈ^...^ⅈ^ⅈ converges to ~ 0.438282... + 0.360592...ⅈ
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-12, 14:21
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,123
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Forum: Software
2021-04-11, 17:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 180
You have just encountered the standard time...
You have just encountered the standard time estimation problem.
There are many things that can make estimates bad. Perhaps the most likely is that you are running other higher priority tasks which...
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 11:07
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Replies: 5
Views: 161
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 10:18
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Replies: 5
Views: 161
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 08:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 161
Doubling your average speed?
You are at the beginning of a perfectly flat and perfectly straight section of road that is exactly 1000 metres long (d = 1000 metres).
You are wearing a Super-Chronograph 9000 stopwatch which can...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-11, 05:56
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Replies: 81
Views: 3,325
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e....
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e. they simply cover all possible exponents) then it will happen that someone will guess the next prime.
And of course we know the reaction: They will...
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Forum: Homework Help
2021-04-09, 20:23
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,261
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-07, 17:08
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,183
It is soooo convenient
At the counter of the grocery store ...
Me: Can I buy this ice-cream with bitcoin here?
Cashier: Yes sir, no problem.
Me: How?
Cashier: Just get out your computer, connect to the...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-06, 08:32
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Replies: 366
Views: 41,711
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Forum: Science & Technology
2021-04-05, 13:31
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Replies: 190
Views: 9,560
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-05, 02:26
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,183
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Forum: PrimeNet
2021-04-04, 10:40
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Replies: 2,127
Views: 205,983
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