minus-squarethirteene@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•8 bit rulelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·11 days agoIts a quirk in binary math with 8 digits. If you “roll the odometer” past 0, it resets to 255 0000 0011 (3) -0000 0001 (1) =0000 0010 (2) 0000 0000 (0) -0000 0001 (1) =1111 1111 (255) linkfedilink
Its a quirk in binary math with 8 digits. If you “roll the odometer” past 0, it resets to 255
0000 0011 (3) -0000 0001 (1) =0000 0010 (2) 0000 0000 (0) -0000 0001 (1) =1111 1111 (255)