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| Ask HN: How many man-made objects are there? | ||
| 1 point by eimrine 16 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment | ||
Is it possible for humanity to produce 2^256 distinct pieces of anything material? Microplastic is OK to be counted. | ||
 | mtmail 12 minutes ago [–] That's 10^77. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_number estimates 10^80 protons in the universe. I think humanity would run out of source material. |
