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by RiderOfGiraffes 5936 days ago
I should also have said - this trick doesn't rely on the limit of the number of digits, it works with any number of digits. Use an arbitrary precision package or sensible language, multiply numbers together for as long as you like, then tell me all but one of the digits in the answer, and 95% of the time I can tell you the one you left out.