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Don't grow older than 255 or else it will overflow (thelemmy.club)

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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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[-] vrek@programming.dev 28 points 1 day ago

Why do I confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 is the same as Dec 25

[-] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Octal 31 = 3 x 8^1^ + 1 x 8^0^ = 24 + 1 = Decimal 25

The Yuki language in California has an octal system because the speakers count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.[2]

The Pamean languages in Mexico also have an octal system, because some of their speakers "count the knuckles of the closed fist for each hand (excluding the thumb), so that two hands equals eight."[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octal