https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belphegor%27s_prime
"666" with 13 0's on either side and 1's on the ends.
"666" with 13 0's on either side and 1's on the ends.
More for those who don't click the link, other Belphegor primes numbers are with the following number of zeros in both ends (and 1 to cap off the ends): 0, 13, 42, 506, 608, 2472, 2623, maybe more.
"Either" has two meanings:
- verb-wise, it separates different options (you can have either X or Y)
- noun-wise, it refers to two similar groups (there was no light on either side of the bridge, or, conversely, the bridge was lit on either side)
Interesting how varied the ohrasing can be read, though!
Huh. Would feel right at home in our industry.
> According to some demonologists from the 17th century, his powers are strongest in April.
Any demo days or other significant VC stuff happening in April?
> The German bishop and witch hunter, Peter Binsfeld (ca. 1540–ca.1600) wrote that Belphegor tempts through laziness. According to Binsfeld's Classification of Demons, Belphegor is the main demon of the deadly sin known as sloth in the Christian tradition. The anonymous author of the Lollard tract The Lanterne of Light, however, believed Belphegor to embody the sin of gluttony rather than sloth.
Yeah, hits too close to home.
Lots of tech companies plan elaborate demos for April 1st, for some foolish reason. It certainly gets very busy on HN keeping up.
On that note, how is it I've never seen anyone connecting the famous "God of the gaps"[0] with a demon literally named "Lord of the Gap"?
(In case no one really did, let history and search engines mark this comment as the first.)
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Indices of Belphegor primes: numbers k such that the decimal number https://oeis.org/A232448
very interesting, thanks for sharing.