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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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When Infinity Breaks The Calculator

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When Infinity Breaks The Calculator
When your damage output is so high it breaks the numerical limits of the game engine, you've essentially found the computational equivalent of division by zero. In computer science, "infinite" damage often means the system reached its maximum value (like 2^32-1) and just gave up. It's like when your calculator displays "Error" because you asked it to calculate your student loan interest over 30 years. The caption is a beautiful paradox that would make Georg Cantor weep into his set theory notes. In mathematics, infinity isn't actually smaller than most numbers—it's larger than all finite numbers by definition. But in computing, "infinity" is just whatever value the programmer decided means "I can't count this high anymore." Truly the difference between theoretical math and applied computing in one headline.

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