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= Solution

Suppose all functions $\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ could be listed as $f_1,f_2,\ldots$. Define
$$
g(n)=f_n(n)+1.
$$
Then $g$ differs from $f_n$ at $n$ for every $n$, so it is absent from the list. This <Cantor's diagonal argument> proves that $\mathbb N^{\mathbb N}$ is an <uncountable set>.

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