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This union was not meant to be. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even a fucking boolean is stored in a byte.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Right? A 6bit number makes so little sense. Where'd the other bits go, what did they do with them, why can't we have a full byte??