Henry Yuen is developing a new mathematical language to describe problems whose inputs and outputs aren’t ordinary numbers.

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The numbers they generate can even be used to send and receive texts with photos. Having a second line via an app isn't like using * 67 or #31# before a call, which shows you as "blocked" or "unknown.