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Don't grow older than 255 or else it will overflow (feddit.org)
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A photo of a cake with 8 candles in a row. The first and fifth candle from the right are lit. The caption reads "Happy 17th Birthday"

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[–] xyx@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

thinking of getting older than 255?

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

How about 4294967295?

[–] xyx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

with 8 bit? true, with 32 bit you might have a chance to see the sun die, but.... there are just 8 candles