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

14 comments

• Bender 1 hour 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]
• mhrmsn 44 minutes ago
  4, because it can be written as 2+2, 2*2, 2^2, and all the other following hyperoperations Hn(2,2)
• WorldPeas 1 hour ago
  4 is a good number, but I can't explain why, just feels right
• yen223 40 minutes ago
  91, which to me is a prime number no matter what the maths say
• Cheese48923846 1 hour 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.
• ljf 1 hour ago
  13, as someone who struggled with their timetables, 13 felt like the verge of wild complex maths
• iExploder 1 hour ago
  the coolest number ever - 1337. Approximate melting point of gold in kelvins.
• andyjohnson0 1 hour ago
  27 is a pretty cool number.
• grahammccain 1 hour ago
  3. It was my first soccer jersey number.
• byoung2 1 hour ago
  3...an odd choice, I know
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  • ljf 1 hour ago
    So far, 3 is the most popular!
• fuzzfactor 1 hour 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 ;)
• tim-tday 1 hour 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).
• oxfordreno 1 hour ago
  7
• weird_tentacles 1 hour ago
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