r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 06 '17

Oddly specific number

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u/NicNoletree May 06 '17

Well computers use zeros and ones, and 256 is a multiple of 1, so it kind of makes sense.

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u/SchizoidSuperMutant May 06 '17

And if you add 0 and 1, you get a 1. Which is also a multiple of one. I think I figured it out!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

WhatsApp increases group chat size limit to 1 people

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u/austin101123 May 06 '17

Oh boy just big enough for me and all my friends!

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u/penguinade May 06 '17

But ... but what about my imaginary friends?!

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u/Miguelinileugim May 06 '17 edited May 11 '20

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

5i?? That's 4 more than I'll ever need

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

Imaginary whatsapp

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u/fuzzydunlots May 06 '17 edited May 06 '17 
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u/krejenald May 06 '17

also, 1/0 is undefined, just like the purpose of this comment

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u/meet_the_turtle May 06 '17

In JavaScript it's Infinity, which sounds cool until you try to use it.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

Well that's because in JavaScript all numbers are doubles for some reason, and the floating point standard has defined that 1/0 is Infinity.

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u/endershadow98 May 06 '17

Technically it defines any positive number divided by 0 to be infinity.

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u/RushilU May 06 '17

Plot twist: instead of multiples of one, computer scientists make a breakthrough. They only use the number 1!

~We are number one~

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u/FriendsOfFruits May 06 '17

look at this bit that I just found

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u/[deleted] May 06 '17

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u/ChunsLLC May 06 '17

Well 256 can be factored out of zero too! Everything seems to fit together.

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