Indeed, but justice requires that we recursively continue all the way to the base case, until all 32-bit integers are products of 16-bit integers, all 16-bit integers are products of 8-bit integers, all 8-bit integers are products of 4-bit integers, all 4-bit integers are products of 2-bit integers, and all 2-bit integers are products of 1-bit integers. Only when we have reach all the way down that list to the very, very smallest of the numbers around us and brought justice to them will the future be able to arrive. I literally can not wait for that day.

Why stop there? We can dream of a future where math is bent to our will [0] for the betterment of all mankind!

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill

1 + 1 = 3 (for sufficiently large values of 1)

Maybe we can reach there by using integers as fixed point decimals?

That would require multiplication to be non-commutative, right?

Cryptographers hate this trick

I upvoted you, not because I think your joke is particularly great, but I hate that HN has this tendency to downvote comments that are clearly meant as a humorous contribution. And I get it, no-one wants HN to turn into Reddit. I also understand that not every joke lands. But I just think it's unnecessary to downvote, you could simply ignore.

There should be a law!