Help, our train home is making 9 quintillion stops.

2019-11-29

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Stand-up Maths

Thanks as always to Jane Street! Here is that blog post about 63-bit numbers.

https://blog.janestreet.com/what-is-gained-and-lost-with-63-bit-integers/

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Here are the numbers:

9,223,372,036,854,775,798 stops

2^63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808

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111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110110

Here are the tweets:

Neil Codling @neilcodling

👀 Help, our train home is making 9 quintillion stops.

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https://twitter.com/neilcodling/status/1190757074164170758

Daniel @drawRect

Replying to @neilcodling

Thanks for the tweet. What version of the app are you using? I thought we fixed this bug AGES ago.

https://twitter.com/drawRect/status/1191033767760158720

Lia Buddle @LiaBuddle

Replying to @neilcodling

Had the same thing in 2017...

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https://twitter.com/LiaBuddle/status/1190982241914101760

Matt Parker @standupmaths

Thanks everyone who sent me this amazing tweet! So, as always it’s probably a binary overflow problem and sure enough 2^63 = 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 which is close!

https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1190940255974760448

We have a free Think Maths magic trick activity that teachers can use to introduce their students to binary.

http://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-trains#train-stops

CORRECTIONS

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