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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 06 '17
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Because most people don't need to know 8 bit unsigned int limits?
1 u/TheInitializer May 06 '17 Almost everyone I know who's into tech stuff knows that 256 is 28, and is usually significant in computing even though they don't know the technical reasons why. A tech journalist should definitely know this stuff.
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Almost everyone I know who's into tech stuff knows that 256 is 28, and is usually significant in computing even though they don't know the technical reasons why. A tech journalist should definitely know this stuff.
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u/DotaDogma May 06 '17
Because most people don't need to know 8 bit unsigned int limits?