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If you think that 1024 is "a nice round number", you might be a programmer (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And if you don't like it because it's round, you're probably a group theorist (although it actually doesn't get intractable until slightly higher powers of 2 IIRC).