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Our experiment will be expensive, but we believe it will produce important spin-offs, especially if we manage to hit the sun from the right angle.

https://explainxkcd.com/3000/

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[–] Jakylla@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah just 1096 left for a round number

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, 3072 is a decently roundish number.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you sure? 1.6878×10^4566 is more comics than there are particles in over 10^4488 universes.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to the unexpected factorial commuity.

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[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Was hoping for one of those super special interactive comics for #3000.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

It's kind of a cosmic turducken