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Old 05-26-2022, 01:04 PM   #94
whswhs
 
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Default Re: Gaming philosophy conundra

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Originally Posted by Lovewyrm View Post
No, it's not a sword.
But consider this number
0.034749592304805347502348023489574509683045803570 24803457045382304702357606035739045203485704596804 80345870345830674056

vs
0.555555554

First one's longer because it has more digits.
Second is larger, numerically, but that's boring.

In other words, I was proposing it from the perspective of "The die must be able to accomodate all the digits of ∞ on its surface so the roller can read the results."
A result with sufficient length would possibly be suitable to bonk one another with.
The number 1/9, in decimal representation, is 0.11111 ..., with an infinite repetition of the digit one. So it seems it would be infinitely long. That might be a challenge to wield as a sword.
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