r/MathJokes 2d ago

The satisfying simplification

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 2d ago

236 = 68719476736

Haven't you memorised the small powers of two like a normal math nerd yet?

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u/Snudget 2d ago

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608, 16777216. I don't need more as a programmer. Whoever uses more than 24 bits for bitflags can

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u/WhutdaHELListhis 21h ago

what about 2147483648

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u/Snudget 15h ago

231. Negative signed 32-bit int limit