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You might be a programmer

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If you think that 1024 is "a nice round number", you might be a programmer (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How many if you think's do I need to pass o become a programmer?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You will find the answer to your question in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Or you’re addicted to 2048 the game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

256 is a nice round number, or 65536.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or a mathematician.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And if you don't like it because it's round, you're probably a group theorist (although it actually doesn't get intractable until slightly higher powers of 2 IIRC).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Perhaps

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Amiga