this is even dumber but, whoa.pic.twitter.com/XvHhon48Na
ME, SMART: I want 1 rice grain on the first chessboard square, 2 on the second, and so on
YOU, DUMB: 2080 rice grains total, OK
ME, SMART: 
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Don’t you want to do `sum(range(1, 65))` to get 2080 since `range(0,64)` returns 0, 1, …, 63? Or maybe that was the joke?
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YOU: no no, it goes 1, 2, 4... ME, PATRIOTIC AND OBSESSED WITH THE MATHEMATICS OF SHUFFLING CARDS: ah yes, 1776
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