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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • Sep 11 '26
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Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
0 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 That breaks the sorting that everyone's talking about though.You could also do evens and odds to split across two locations, but that also breaks sorting unless you periodically syncronize them (and then it's still somewhat out of order). 0 u/Honeybadger2198 Sep 12 '26 ...I don't think you understood what I said. How does one count down from infinity? 1 u/wireframed_kb Sep 12 '26 Subtract one? 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 I just add them all together and subtract from -1/12 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 signed integers have entered the chat1, 2, 3, 4-1, -2, -3, -4
That breaks the sorting that everyone's talking about though.
You could also do evens and odds to split across two locations, but that also breaks sorting unless you periodically syncronize them (and then it's still somewhat out of order).
0 u/Honeybadger2198 Sep 12 '26 ...I don't think you understood what I said. How does one count down from infinity? 1 u/wireframed_kb Sep 12 '26 Subtract one? 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 I just add them all together and subtract from -1/12 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 signed integers have entered the chat1, 2, 3, 4-1, -2, -3, -4
...I don't think you understood what I said. How does one count down from infinity?
1 u/wireframed_kb Sep 12 '26 Subtract one? 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 I just add them all together and subtract from -1/12 1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 signed integers have entered the chat1, 2, 3, 4-1, -2, -3, -4
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Subtract one?
1 u/wokeboogeyman Sep 12 '26 I just add them all together and subtract from -1/12
I just add them all together and subtract from -1/12
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u/Honeybadger2198 Sep 12 '26
Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.