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> Perhaps you will succeed where I failed, and find a way to include in a chart the largest z-index value I found, namely 10^1242-1.

> Yes, that’s 1242 times the number 9.

Come on, I know maths are no longer needed to be a developer, but this is ridiculous.

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Although the wording is ambiguous he probably (correctly) meant that the number is 1242 9's long: 999999... and not 9^1242 or 1242 x 9

I can totally see myself type a bunch of "9", then copy paste them a bunch of times in a moment of CSS layout induced rage :)

Oh, I did not understand this way, but you are indeed correct. My bad.

This is why I care so much about grammar. Author wrote "1242 times the number 9" but meant "the number 9 1242 times". A very minor difference, just the order of the words, but such a change in meaning!

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