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Re:Show HN: How much is 13B euros? by blastonico on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @08:10PM (#41516417)
It's so big that you'll need a 64-bit variable to store that value.
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Re:Show HN: How much is 13B euros? by smilliken on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @09:48PM (#41516884)
I could do it with less than 34 bits.
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Re:Show HN: How much is 13B euros? by langcss on Thursday September 12, 2024 @06:02AM (#41519191)
If you can design a new encoding scheme, zero bits is enough.
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