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600 points codetrotter | 2 comments | 05 Apr 23 21:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.613s | source

1. Reason077 ◴[06 Apr 23 00:47 UTC] No.35462616[source]▶

What happens when the HN karma uint16 overflows? Does it roll silently around back to zero, or does the whole site crash and burn?

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2. mulmen ◴[06 Apr 23 01:21 UTC] No.35462861[source]▶

Nothing, dozens of users have more karma than dang.

Dang is going to have 65,535 karma points soon