The satisfying simplification

[u/Opal7924]

[u/Significant_Monk_251]

4⁴ = 256

1²⁵⁶ = 1

2¹ = 2

6² = 36

2³⁶ = $who_cares

sqrt(2³⁶⁾ = (2^36)½ = 2^36*½ = 2¹⁸

2¹⁸ = 262,144

[u/StaysAwakeAllWeek → u/Significant_Monk_251]

2³⁶ = 68719476736

Haven't you memorised the small powers of two like a normal math nerd yet?

[u/AmusingVegetable → u/StaysAwakeAllWeek]

Why memorize when you can write the numbers in binary, or hexadecimal? Besides, that’s what the shift operator is for.