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[โ€“] Aedius@lavraievie.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@CanadaPlus

Because if you add 1 to 1111111 it will overflow and give 0000000 so you have to have the baby in 1 year exactly

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ahh, because of the 9 month gestation. 9+3=12

I thought this was about some kind of obscure subnormal float convention or something.