favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy are usernames mostly limited to 10 characters?favrion@sh.itjust.works to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoThey’re more often limited to 16 characters than any other number so I assume it has something to do with how they are storing it in memory because it’s a multiple of 4. Probably the same reason for only 10 characters, too, but it’s not as obvious.
They’re more often limited to 16 characters than any other number so I assume it has something to do with how they are storing it in memory because it’s a multiple of 4.
Probably the same reason for only 10 characters, too, but it’s not as obvious.