<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> splits a uint64 (lower 48 bits of it) into 8 chunks of 6bits. &quot;i&quot; is the number of the chunk, numbered 0 (most significant) to 7 (least signuficant). &quot;i6&quot; is assigned the 6 bit chunk.</p><p>Let me guess: a homegrown base64 encoder?</p>
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