Dan Piponi on Nostr: While we're eliminating waste maybe we can get rid of 17. It's not like anyone uses ...
While we're eliminating waste maybe we can get rid of 17. It's not like anyone uses it for anything. You never get 17 eggs in a box or 17 dimensional manifolds. Nobody has ever solved an important problem with 17. And if you really think you need it, 17.1 is probably just as good.
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