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Ask HN: What's your favorite number, and why?

7•QuantumNomad_•1h ago

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andyjohnson0•1h ago
27 is a pretty cool number.
iExploder•1h ago
the coolest number ever - 1337. Approximate melting point of gold in kelvins.
oxfordreno•1h ago
7
byoung2•1h ago
3...an odd choice, I know
ljf•1h ago
So far, 3 is the most popular!
grahammccain•1h ago
3. It was my first soccer jersey number.
ljf•1h ago
13, as someone who struggled with their timetables, 13 felt like the verge of wild complex maths
Cheese48923846•1h ago
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.

tim-tday•1h ago
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).

WorldPeas•1h ago
4 is a good number, but I can't explain why, just feels right
Bender•1h ago
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]

fuzzfactor•56m ago
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 ;)

mhrmsn•40m ago
4, because it can be written as 2+2, 2*2, 2^2, and all the other following hyperoperations Hn(2,2)
yen223•36m ago
91, which to me is a prime number no matter what the maths say

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