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Thanks as always to Jane Street! Here is that blog post about 63-bit numbers.
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Here are the numbers:
9,223,372,036,854,775,798 stops
2^63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808
7FFFFFFFFFFFFFF6
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110110
Here are the tweets:
Neil Codling @neilcodling
👀 Help, our train home is making 9 quintillion stops.
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Daniel @drawRect
Replying to @neilcodling
Thanks for the tweet. What version of the app are you using? I thought we fixed this bug AGES ago.
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Lia Buddle @LiaBuddle
Replying to @neilcodling
Had the same thing in 2017...
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Matt Parker @standupmaths
Thanks everyone who sent me this amazing tweet! So, as always it’s probably a binary overflow problem and sure enough 2^63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 which is close!
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We have a free Think Maths magic trick activity that teachers can use to introduce their students to binary.
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