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oddly specific (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 3 days ago (22 children)

Source.

This isn't a "tech article", it's an article about tech. This is a normie article from a normie news outlet for normie readers.

Also from the article:

A previous version of this article said it was "not clear why WhatsApp settled on the oddly specific number." A number of readers have since noted that 256 is one of the most important numbers in computing, since it refers to the number of variations that can be represented by eight switches that have two positions - eight bits, or a byte. This has now been changed. Thanks for the tweets. DB

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 days ago (7 children)

One of the most important numbers? I'd argue the most important number in computing is either 1 or 0...

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What the fuck is a power of 2??? I’m vibe coding python AI.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't python a snake? /s vibecoders wouldn't know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you bet that if you were Vibe coating in python it would import a library so it could do zero indexing again?