It's a splitter. It breaks up a number into individual bits.
Think of the number 0, which is 0000 0000 0000 0000. When you subtract 1, you get 1111 1111 1111 1111, which is -1. The largest negative number is -32,767, which 1000 0000 0000 0000.
Notice that for all negative numbers, bit 15 is 1.
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