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0 pointsheroprotagonist5mo ago0 comments

Soo, it can definitively tell you that 42 is correct Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. It just can't tell you if you're asking the right question.

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Someone5mo ago

No, it can tell you that 42 is the answer to (some lean statement), but not what question that lean statement encodes.

davidwritesbugs5mo ago

I recently learnt that Douglas Adams wrote code and the ultimate answer was '*' - 42 in ascii

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