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If you think that 1024 is "a nice round number", you might be a programmer (self.you_might_be_a_programmer)
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[โ€“] thenextguy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or a mathematician.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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).