I find it hilarious that the computer which made this discovery actually kept it a secret for four whole months.
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2073909-prime-number-with-22-million-digits-is-the-biggest-ever-found/
From that article: “[Curtis] Cooper’s computer actually found the prime on 17 September 2015, but a bug meant the software failed to send an email alert reporting the discovery, meaning it went unnoticed until some routine maintenance a few months later.”
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Was it HAL 2?
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Maybe! I always liked the fact that the HAL 9000 computer and I share a birthday . . . although not in the same year.
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That’s a cool coincidence!
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