“Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers…”
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Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 11, Identity Crisis, p. 206 (See also: George Cantor)

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“Don't come back to the pack and be normal for the sake of blending in with others”