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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you think, how long should we wait until the overflow in the debts database makes the value negative?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Who knows what data type they're using. Based on the values given, it's already getting close to 128 bits, and most languages don't have a data type that large in their standards.

I figure it will be more like "Vasily! Print another page of zeros!"