Talk:3009: Number Shortage

I bet there's plenty of 9s left. They obviously didn't get a proper range of digits at Benford's Discount Number Store. 172.69.195.113 05:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Is this not an error? "15 2s and 12 3s" uses up one 3. So shouldn't it next be 11 3s left, not 10? -- 172.69.144.152 10:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

the consequences of our actions /ref Caliban (talk) 10:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

The above mentioned “error” is not an error. When she says there are 13 2s left, that uses up one 3. PedanticMan (talk) 11:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

There's no pause, no "No wait" after "13 2s". Is she reevaluating numbers instantly realtime midsentence? Did she start the sentence planning to say one thing and instantly altered it partway through? I guess that's what Randall is going for. -- 172.69.144.162 12:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

That's what I assumed, and I already included it in the explanation. But I'm not sure if the title text is consistent with that interpretation. Barmar (talk) 17:35, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

If anyone wants to see self-referentiality of numbers taken even further, here is a series of posts that I wrote on "self-describing numbers": https://atmos.warplight.dev/profile/1p8WCZnqqG6N3ZOsJxBgUTo/p1cNCw1OTsioTQBRk Fabian42 (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

the first stage of grief is denial youtu.be/miLcaqq2Zpk 12:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure "15" uses up one 3 (3*5) and "12" uses up two 2's and one 3 (2*2*3) 172.71.222.213 15:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

"Well? How many numbers do we have left?" "Oh great! There's one more!" (Yes, I know this goes against the logic of the original comic) Turquoise Hat (talk) 17:36, 9 November 2024 (UTC)