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We understand nothing “exactly” in this universe, but this is a thread about estimation hacks so maybe cool it on the fun fact witch hunt.? Idk just a thought.


> We understand nothing “exactly” in this universe

Apparently a lot of "we" don't, since a number of people were saying they did the "exact" calculation that kolanos did but got a different answer.

> so maybe cool it on the fun fact witch hunt.?

The "witch hunt" seems to me to be on the part of the people who downvoted a perfectly correct and legitimate post, and those who responded to it with a claimed "exact" calculation that was wrong.




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