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Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:40:29 JST Rich Felker

For folks still wondering why 42 is the answer.
Just factor it.

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  Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:41:21 JST Rich Felker
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  This was even original HHGTTG canon, they just botched the factoring.
  You can thank gen alpha for getting it right. 😂
  
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  Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:46:47 JST Rich Felker
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  @EndicottAuthor Gen alpha does. 😈
  
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  EndicottRoad59 (endicottauthor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:46:48 JST EndicottRoad59
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  @dalias As the joke goes, 42 may be the answer, but no one knows the question.
  
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  Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:49:15 JST Soatok Dreamseeker
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  @dalias Ah yes. 2,3,7
  
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  Soatok Dreamseeker (soatok@furry.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:50:13 JST Soatok Dreamseeker
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  @skepickle @dalias Sorry I was going for an anti-joke response lol
  
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  Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:50:13 JST Rich Felker
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  @soatok @skepickle Yeah I figured. 😁
  
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  Skepickle (skepickle@tty0.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:50:15 JST Skepickle
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  @soatok @dalias oh nevermind. "factor", not prime. 6 7. gotcha
  
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  Skepickle (skepickle@tty0.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:50:17 JST Skepickle
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  @soatok @dalias this? https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1681635/2-3-7-is-the-only-triple-geq-2-that-satisfies-this-property
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    2,3,7 is the only triple $\geq 2$ that satisfies this property
    
    The property being that "taking the product of two of the numbers and adding one yields a number that is divisible by the third". Clearly, this holds for 2,3,7 since $2\cdot 3 + 1 = 1\cdot 7$ $2\c...
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  Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:53:49 JST Rich Felker
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  @skepickle @soatok Everyone should experience the joy of being around a bunch of kids yelling six-seven. 😂
  
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  Skepickle (skepickle@tty0.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 23:53:53 JST Skepickle
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  @soatok @dalias no need to say sorry. I may preceed the target demographic ;)
  
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