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0 pointsNateEag3y ago0 comments

Which works not just to preserve the previous statement from internal inconsistency, but also in regards to the incredibly useful Rule of Three (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_prog...).

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> Which works not just to preserve the previous statement from internal inconsistency

It doesn't. You now have 4 numbers.

0, 1, 3, 4 and infinity - there's four numbers in this industry.

Five There's five numbers in this industry 0, 1, 3, 4, 5 and infinity

Wait, I'll come in again

0, 1, 7, and indeterminate, IME.

The 7 being for design. If there are more than 7 boxes on the whiteboard, try again.

thought the industry was broken down in 8 bit increments (0, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)

log base 2 of 4 is only 16bits

NateEagOP3y ago

Good point. I'm not sure why I thought what I'd written above worked... shrug

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