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Oh hey I've seen this number recently, isn't it the highest calculated prime number or something
Yes, biggest one so far, it broke a drought of 6 years if I remember correctly
Next ones that’ll get found using the same method are probably going to be between the previous biggest and this one, so it’ll probably another long while until the next biggest prime
I don’t know but I’m guessing PkmnQ meant a lack of known large prime numbers (since the last one was years ago) and not a literal drought
Yes, “drought” was just the term I saw used to describe it when I first heard about the new prime shortly before it was revealed, I probably would’ve used another term otherwise