Tag: Programming

Node.js Start script or run command and handoff to OS (no waiting)

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Sometimes you want to run something in the OS from your node code but you do not want to follow it or have a callback posted on your stack. The default for child_process spawning is to hold on to a handle and park a callback on the stack. however there is an option which is…

Convert Large numbers to binary in Excel

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=DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^7),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^6),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^5),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^4),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^3),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^2),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^1),16),4)&” “&DEC2BIN(MOD(QUOTIENT($A$1,16^0),16),4) The above code will convert large numbers up to 32 bit. nJoy 😉