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oddly specific
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
evenly specific
Still odd, I very much doubt they use a 8bit variable to set this limit. What would this bring ?
When the program is running it's probably stored with 32 or 64 bits, but that probably isn't the case for the network packet layout. I can imagine them wanting to optimize network traffic with over 3 billion users even if it's just a small improvement.
Also TIL that Erlang's VM apparently stores strings as linked lists of chars. Very strange.
Still odd
Actually, it's even.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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