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Who Can Name the Bigger Number?
[This essay in Spanish] [This essay in French] [This essay in Chinese] In an old joke, two noblemen vie to name the bigger number. The first, after ruminating for hours, triumphantly announces "Eighty-three!" The second, mightily impressed, replies "You win." A biggest number contest is clearly pointless when the…
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Math & AlgorithmsSoftware Engineering2015
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Feb 16, 2015 | Who Can Name the Bigger Number? by jeremynixon | 223 | 145 |
| Jul 22, 2010 | Who Can Name the Bigger Number? by thisisnotmyname | 132 | 68 |
| Jan 21, 2020 | Who Can Name the Bigger Number? (1999) by lelf | 100 | 43 |
| Dec 20, 2010 | Who Can Name the Bigger Number? by shawndumas | 68 | 31 |
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