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pwdisswordfish0
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Reddit's photo albums broke due to Integer overflo...
> 52 bits because of javascript
But IEEE 754 doubles have a significand that supports a 53-bit range. What am I missing?
Dylan16807
on Dec 15, 2022
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You're not missing anything, people just forget the implied bit sometimes.
spullara
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negative numbers not used?
pwdisswordfish0
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That doesn't make any sense.
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But IEEE 754 doubles have a significand that supports a 53-bit range. What am I missing?