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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m not actually, just that a binary integer that overflows at 60 couldn’t exist, hence the 5.907 whatever bit length

[–] Tyfud 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

oh, that's actually clever. And I'm saying that as a software engineer. I missed that possibility :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I should have phrased it differently, like “Ah yes, the well known 5.9068905956 bit integer.” But thanks