| ▲ | Ask HN: What's your favorite number, and why? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 points by QuantumNomad_ 3 days ago | 32 comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | shivang2607 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
200 Status 200 is green in color at most places and it means everything is alright :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | WorldPeas 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 is a good number, but I can't explain why, just feels right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | hugolelievre 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I got 2: 60 and 7. 60 because it can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10, it's sort of a "magic" number And 7, bc it's my birth day, and I like football and number 7 is a badass one | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Bender 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All of the Sacred Geometry numbers, mostly because they should up in computing just as much as they show up in Geometry, Astronomy and overall in nature. Also 45,000,000,000 because [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9MRYJz9-4 [video][1min] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | p341127 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7. I think it has to do with me reading the bible when I was young and being fixed at the 7th day - the rest day XD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | iExploder 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
the coolest number ever - 1337. Approximate melting point of gold in kelvins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | mindwork 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do 2 can be as bad as 1 It's the loneliest number since the number 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mikewarot 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
τ - Tau, of course. It's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius. Pi is tainted by my home state of Indiana's attempts to legislate its value. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Cheese48923846 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
tab width = 3 It's big enough to clearly see indents. But small enough to preserve screen real estate. And no one needs to agree 3 is best because TAB. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fuzzfactor 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I like zero because it's not easy for everybody to put their finger on. In some cases you can't even be sure if it's there or not ;) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | the_humblest 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pi is a good one. Centered on the 360th decimal place are the digits 360. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mhrmsn 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4, because it can be written as 2+2, 2*2, 2^2, and all the other following hyperoperations Hn(2,2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ljf 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13, as someone who struggled with their timetables, 13 felt like the verge of wild complex maths | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | andyjohnson0 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 is a pretty cool number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | yen223 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91, which to me is a prime number no matter what the maths say | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | grahammccain 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3. It was my first soccer jersey number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | badenglish 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23. it is almost e^π | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | andogi 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7777777 — lucky vibes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | oxfordreno 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | byoung2 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3...an odd choice, I know | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | tim-tday 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I like 6, maybe 7. I find that can devalue the enjoyment kids get from their inside joke simply by being one of the olds liking their new favorite number(s). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Imustaskforhelp 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2, you can find all odd and even numbers with its shenanigans and the binary system being base 2. It's also somewhat of my fascination with silver, being second. I remember this feeling when I was in 5th class or something and me and my friends were talking about lets race to the door and see who gets first. I don't even know why I remember this but I do but And we were three friends/classmates and I was just thinking, man I am happy being second. I really don't want gold, I am happy with silver medal :) If I think about it nowadays, I think that it sort of means that I am happy with being the second-best, I don't have an "obsession" with being the best (1) within the short-term that it might impact my chances long-term in things. I also don't like too-much drama within my life, so I am happy if that drama can get redirected to 1 while I can hopefully try to do my things with patience. Also, I have made too many is-odd/is-even projects within multiple languages ;) I also like 25/5, I don't know how to explain this but there is a way to write the exponents of 5^n exponentially so 5^3=125 5^4=((1 × 5)+1)_25 = 625 5^5= ((6 × 5)+1)_25 = 3125 5^6=((31 × 5)+1)_25= 15625 5^7=((156 × 5)+1)_25 = 78125 I don't know I was just playing with numbers until I kind of hit this thing As you can see that there is a bit of recursion, you can actually create a formula of 5^n as far as I can tell but I have forgotten the formula Actually this also has something to do with 2 in the derivations to find it, as 10/2=5 ;) I wanted to find a ways to code exponents quickly, I tried doing it with any other number but I was unable to do that. I am not sure what this is called though or if I have discovered something new, It was a trick that I only shared once with my classmates. Nothing too big kinda. Maybe some mathematician can chime in here ;) if there is a more mathematical term to what I have found or if what I have found is even new [I extremely doubt it but hey who knows ;) ] Either way I was proud of myself for what I had discovered and I also had told my mom about it iirc :] (Anecdotally I also tried discovering the sum of n numbers accidentally when I was in 6th class by trying to sum the odd numbers as even + 1 and even as 2 × ( sequence themselves but with half the numbers), maybe a bit of recursion itself until I stumbled on the n (n+1)/2, later I found that gauss had also done something similar maybe even around the same age but I can't even compare myself to the legend that gauss is, but still once again, proud of this too) I still kind of remember using pencil if I remember correctly for this thing as pens were still new to me back then. Also the explaination of then later the triangle n (n+1) / 2 genuinely felt so intuitive later because of these attempts by me. > Actually this also has something to do with 2 in the derivations to find it, as 10/2=5 ;) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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