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And 299999999 is divisible by 13 (lemmy.world)
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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

…9999 is exactly equal to -1.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 weeks ago

But only in base 10.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well yes of course. If it was a different base, writing it that way if the symbol was even available would be a different number.

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