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Of course, 17 x 2^16 is also a multiple of 2^3: 17 x 2^16 = 17 x 2^13 x 2^3 (reposted/edited because * was interpreted as formatting)
by howtodowtle 6y ago
Of course, 17 x 2^16 is also a multiple of 2^3:
17 x 2^16 = 17 x 2^13 x 2^3
(reposted/edited because * was interpreted as formatting)
- RedNifre 6y agoIn case hacker news doesn't show emoji, I meant m( Right, I guess I was thinking more of "not a power of 2" instead of "not a multiple of 8". On second thought, the author might have meant "Sorry that the exponent is not a multiple of 8" as in Unicode neither has 2^16 nor 2^32 code points.
- kps 6y agoAgreed; they meant “not a power of 2⁸”.