That's an impressive feat but now that you know about the bit shifting trick, I suggest you start using it because most of us mortals don't instantly recognise

That's an impressive feat but now that you know about the bit shifting trick, I suggest you start using it because most of us mortals don't instantly recognise large powers of 2 when they're written out in decimal :) I'm still kind of amazed that you learned how to do bit arithmetic without coming across that pattern.