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Baz. | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 And here I was thinking that he was American because it was bizarre number with no correlation to anything!
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Sats Germain | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It could be correlated to something very symbolic, but I'm hesitant to just say what it is. When I figured it out, it was an amazing, revelatory moment, and I just wouldn't want to rob anyone of that.
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Baz. | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There are lots of probable reasons, including that it is approximately as big as it can be for a double integer while limiting the risk of rounding errors.
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Sats Germain | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh yeah, that sounds familiar... Both can be true! I want muh participation trophy, lol