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::The non-bmp text I stuck in there because of older text claiming more than 4 digits might not work. I found it doubtful that 9999 is the cutoff and that it was typical Windows stupidity about non-BMP which starts after 65335. It sounds like there is no such cutoff, either with 4 digits or at some point that requires more than 4 digits, so all such text is removed.[[User:Spitzak|Spitzak]] ([[User talk:Spitzak|talk]]) 18:20, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
:::Spizak, there are no circumstances in which you should edit another editor's contribution unless it is a known troll. I strongly advise that you self-revert and apologize. If Peter raises an ANI, I would have to support him. --[[User:John Maynard Friedman|John Maynard Friedman]] ([[User talk:John Maynard Friedman|talk]]) 19:29, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
::I'm reminded of the folk song "[[Green Grow the Rushes, O]]". Each verse ends with
:::"One is one and all alone and evermore shall be so."
::One can never turn into two, nor can 960 turn into 192, despite Spizak's claim to the contrary. My claim that he thinks "makes absolutely no sense" is
:::"960 ≡ 448 modulo 256, but in Word and Wordpad Alt+448 and Alt+0448 both produce, not {{char|π}}, but the glottal stop {{char|ǀ}}."
::He evidently did not read, or did not credit, my [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Unicode_input&diff=979079891&oldid=979070271 edit summary]:
:::"See [[Modular arithmetic#Examples]]. The numbers on both sides of the ≡ symbol can be greater than the modulus."
::The indicated section in [[Modular arithmetic]] begins:
:::"In modulus 12, one can assert that:
::::<math>38 \equiv 14 \pmod {12}</math>
:::because {{math|38 − 14 {{=}} 24}}, which is a multiple of 12. Another way to express this is to say that both 38 and 14 have the same remainder 2—when divided by 12."
::Likewise 960 ≡ 448 (mod 256) because 960−448 = 512, which is a multiple of 256. Also, 960 and 448 have the same remainder, 192, when divided by 256.
::[[User:Peter M. Brown|Peter Brown]] ([[User talk:Peter M. Brown|talk]]) 03:29, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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