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Psychic powers
Feb 17, 2012 06:52
Pick a number, any number. I am going to use my psychic powers to either predict something about your number, or force you to pick a number that agrees with my prediction (
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ladyeuthanasia
February 17 2012, 22:14:17 UTC
4176?
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essentialsaltes
February 17 2012, 23:22:56 UTC
More or less. You have to keep doing it until it settles down to repeat.
4176 --> 7641 and 1467
7641 - 1467 = 6174
6174 --> 7641 and 1467
7641 - 1467 = 6174
You just get stuck repeating 6174.
The kinda weird thing is that it settles down to that same 6174 no matter what 4 digit number you pick.
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dustchick
February 18 2012, 00:08:07 UTC
I got 6174, too. Freaky stuff, dude.
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ladyeuthanasia
February 18 2012, 01:28:05 UTC
Ah! I just needed to keep doing it. Cool beans!
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4176?
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4176 --> 7641 and 1467
7641 - 1467 = 6174
6174 --> 7641 and 1467
7641 - 1467 = 6174
You just get stuck repeating 6174.
The kinda weird thing is that it settles down to that same 6174 no matter what 4 digit number you pick.
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Ah! I just needed to keep doing it. Cool beans!
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