1024

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1024_(number)

by groundCode • 13 years ago

8 5 13 years ago

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shachar• 13 years ago

this is redonculous. How is this HN material exactly? Can I post the number One?

jxf• 13 years ago

I'm confused about why this is on the frontpage. Slow news time for HN?

SpacemanSpiff• 13 years ago

from the linked Wikipedia article: The neat coincidence that 2^10 is nearly equal to 10^3 provides the basis of a technique of estimating larger powers of 2 in decimal notation. Using 2^10a+b ≈ 2b10^3a is fairly accurate for exponents up to about 100. For exponents up to 300, 3a continues to be a good estimate of the number of digits.

For example, 2^53 ≈ 8×10^15. The actual value is closer to 9×10^15.

idexterous• 13 years ago

Omg. I want to post number eight.

DanBC• 13 years ago

(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Penguin-Book-Curious-Interesting-Num...)

1024

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