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yodon • today at 6:10 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> 2147483647

It's also known as the most common phone number on the web[0], because of programmers trying to store phone numbers as 32 bit integers, and hitting overflow.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2196421


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cobbzilla • today at 6:52 AM

I’d have guessed the most common number would end in 867-5309 — I guess that shows my age!