Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Labs is this many, expressed in a binary candle. He shows you how to make your own. Do you know how old he is?
(BTW: I don’t think today is really his birthday, but let’s play along. He *is* 0100010.)
Binary Birthday
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34?
40.
34, but it helps when your age is a binary palindrome!
Which end is the LSBit?
And I just realized, I’m palidromic, too.
I think I’m the youngest one can be, with only two zeros.
So you’re just writing off the market in birthday candles for those 128 or older?
Is the candle big-endian or little-endian?
I think it’s Big-endian. This is definitely the cutest informatic cake I’ve ever seen:)
Hi Dave, I’m as old as you are:-D
zabacorporation wrote:
Hi Dave, I’m as old as you are:-D
No, you’re as *young* as I am!
And we can be palindromic again in only 3 years, the smallest gap…