New Integer Multiplication Bound Sparks Programmer Lawyer Meme

A paper bounding integer multiplication at O(n(lg n)^(1-2^(-128))) inspired a viral meme where a lawyer argues the defendant couldn't have committed the crime because it would require such a multiplication. Follow-up posts joked about the exponent, correcting "it's 182, not 128."

2026-10-07 ~ 2026-10-07 · 2 related posts

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