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Tell me the truth ... (piefed.jeena.net)
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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 135 points 2 weeks ago (23 children)

I set all 8 bits to 1 because I want it to be really true.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 95 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (18 children)

01111111 = true

11111111 = negative true = false

[–] VonReposti 34 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What if it's an unsigned boolean?

[–] ivanovsky@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago

Cthulhu shows up.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Common misconception... Unsigned booleans (ubool) are always 16-bits.

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