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92 points endorphine | 3 comments | 28 Mar 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.805s | source

1. nine_k ◴[31 Mar 25 17:55 UTC] No.43537780[source]▶

/* I can't help but remember a joke on the topic. One guy says: "I can operate on big numbers with insane speed!" The other says: "Really? Compute me 97408743 times 738423". The first guy, immediately: "987958749583333". The second guy takes out a calculator, checks the answer, and says: "But it's incorrect!". The first guy objects: "Despite that, it was very fast!" */

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2. nindalf ◴[01 Apr 25 13:08 UTC] No.43546373[source]▶

>>43537780 (TP) #

I love how he multiplied 2 numbers ending with 3 and confidently gave an answer ending in 3.

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3. nine_k ◴[01 Apr 25 18:05 UTC] No.43549760[source]▶

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Consider it an inadvertent rhyme.

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