Bit representation Memes

Ah, binary humor at its finest! The cake has exactly 6 candles arranged in blue-red-blue-blue-red-blue order, which translates to 101100 in binary. And what's 101100 in decimal? Exactly 20! This is peak programmer efficiency—why waste plastic on 20 separate candles when you can represent the same number with just 6? Saving both the environment and showing off your nerd credentials in one delicious chocolate package. The family probably stood around awkwardly while the birthday girl explained the joke to everyone before blowing out her "bits."

This is peak programmer humor right here. The cake says "Happy 17th Birthday" but there are only 8 candles. Why? Because 17 in decimal (base-10) equals 10001 in binary (base-2), which has exactly 5 digits. Someone actually bothered to light only the 1st and 5th candles (reading right to left) to represent the binary digits. The other candles remain unlit to represent zeros. So yes, technically there ARE 17 candles on this cake... if you're fluent in binary. Whoever made this cake deserves a promotion to Senior Cake Engineer.