Nasdaq can't handle prices that exceed 32 bit unsigned int

belter · on March 14, 2022

Also referenced in the article:

"Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Price Is Too Much for Computers": https://www.wsj.com/articles/berkshire-hathaways-stock-price...

The Register top comment, by chivo243, is too good not to quote here: This is called a "Buffet Overflow"

solarmist · on March 14, 2022

> Aptly, BRK is a 6502 CPU assembly code mnemonic for a breakpoint, which can be used to troubleshoot a program that's gone wrong.

Nice.

phekunde · on March 14, 2022

Here comes Indians :)

Ah, the Y2K era!