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xkcd #3062: Off By One (xkcd.com)
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It does come at the small cost of a LOT more off-by-40-or-50 errors.

https://explainxkcd.com/3062/

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[–] mr_pip@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

but therewill be occurences when you add/subtract the same number when writing and reading an int, so it is not entirely eliminated