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Topic	12 years later and it's still very topical
Kanatteru 01/20/21 4:01:14 PM #25:	adjl posted... It's actually a somewhat obscure computer science pun. "Stack" is a relatively uncommon term used to refer to 125 bytes (or 1000 bits), a figure that's often expressed with the leading zero due to how common four-digit displays were at the time it was in use. My understanding is that Jen picked that up during one of her computer science electives many years ago and felt like incorporating it into her username. Disclaimer: Literally none of what I just said is true. dude you had me going there --- despair-inducing <cite>Kanatteru posted [p:949723471] in 12 years l... [t:79249583]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite> <quote>It's actually a somewhat obscure computer science pun. "Stack" is a relatively uncommon term used to refer to 125 bytes (or 1000 bits), a figure that's often expressed with the leading zero due to how common four-digit displays were at the time it was in use. My understanding is that Jen picked that up during one of her computer science electives many years ago and felt like incorporating it into her username. Disclaimer: Literally none of what I just said is true.</quote> dude you had me going there --- despair-inducing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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