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BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large

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271 points bdr | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 16:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fjfaase ◴[28 Jun 25 17:26 UTC] No.44406450[source]▶
I wonder if the visible universe is large enough to write down the exact value of BB(6).
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1. kaashif ◴[28 Jun 25 17:38 UTC] No.44406577[source]▶
It definitely isn't. The amount of information you can store in the universe is something like 10^120 bits. Even if I'm off by a trillion orders of magnitude it doesn't matter.