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[โ€“] thirteene@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its a quirk in binary math with 8 digits. If you "roll the odometer" past 0, it resets to 255

 0000 0011 (3)
-0000 0001 (1)
=0000 0010 (2)

 0000 0000 (0)
-0000 0001 (1)
=1111 1111 (255)
[โ€“] Minizarbi@jlai.lu 16 points 1 month ago

I think you missed the joke