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0 pointsmasklinn3y ago0 comments

Doubling the number of bits does not double the number of values, but squares it.

2^31 seconds is 68 years, a middling human lifetime.

2^63 seconds is 290 billion years.

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(Just so we’re clear, that’s “billion” with a “b”, so 20 times the age of the universe)

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0 pointsmasklinn3y ago0 comments

Doubling the number of bits does not double the number of values, but squares it.

2^31 seconds is 68 years, a middling human lifetime.

2^63 seconds is 290 billion years.

(Just so we’re clear, that’s “billion” with a “b”, so 20 times the age of the universe)

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