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One Plus One Equals Two (2006)

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114 points lemper | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 08:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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dvh ◴[22 Oct 24 13:35 UTC] No.41914112[source]▶
1+1=3 (for very large values of 1)
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bluGill ◴[22 Oct 24 13:55 UTC] No.41914313[source]▶
I know of 7 different ways to do 1+1 getting 5 different answers. I use most of them in my day to day work as a programmer. Most of the time 1+1=10 because as a programmer I work in binary.
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1. tightbookkeeper ◴[23 Oct 24 13:21 UTC] No.41924812[source]▶
Literally confusing syntax for semantics.