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32 points · 12 comments · rhl314

  1. josharsh · · focus · HN ↗
    Going through it & really enjoyed it. 2147483647 is a great exhibit. Funny how a number you recognise from debugging has a whole other life in mathematics. A museum for numbers is a lovely idea.
    1. yodon · · focus · HN ↗
      > 2147483647

      It's also known as the most common phone number on the web[0], because of programmers trying to store phone numbers as 32 bit integers, and hitting overflow.

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      1. cobbzilla · · focus · HN ↗
        I’d have guessed the most common number would end in 867-5309 — I guess that shows my age!
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