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   Eric A. Meyer (meyerweb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 11:41:34 JST Eric A. Meyer

   I sequenced my hand and discovered this is what I had been dealt. I fib you not, G! #uno #math

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 11:41:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @Meyerweb @blogdiva

     Ah, yes, the well-known mathematical fact that 5 + 8 = 🚫

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 12:27:53 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @david42 @Meyerweb @blogdiva
     *slow clap*

     I briefly wondered whether there was a modulus that would get us all the way to the 4…but where I merely wondered, you ventured.

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     David (david42@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 12:27:54 JST David

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @Meyerweb @blogdiva @inthehands Also that 8 + 🚫 = 3, and 🚫 + 3 = 4, so 13 = -5 = 🚫 = 1, which is all true mod 6.

     "... and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing." -- Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_