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minus-squareHakFoolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 months agoPlease do not use an exact power of two. We need one bit pattern for “undefined”
minus-squareDa Bald Eagul@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoUndefined is counted as a separate gender
minus-squareAnother Catgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoIsn’t that sentinel value programming? Hmm maybe need to publish said sentinel value in a standard somewhere. https://xkcd.com/927/
minus-squareazolus@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months agoWhat about instead of adding 5 each time we use the Busy Beaver functions? They grow absurdly fast and are non-computable. Very mysterious and unpredictable way of adding more genders.
Please do not use an exact power of two. We need one bit pattern for “undefined”
Undefined is counted as a separate gender
Isn’t that sentinel value programming? Hmm maybe need to publish said sentinel value in a standard somewhere. https://xkcd.com/927/
What about instead of adding 5 each time we use the Busy Beaver functions? They grow absurdly fast and are non-computable. Very mysterious and unpredictable way of adding more genders.