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...for certain definitions of big. 1e100000000 causes an app lock.

Also, what is going on with that app icon? Many startups nowadays have forced quirky-and-random mascots, but here it doesn't make much sense.

1e100000000 would require about 41 MB [0] of storage so that's not as crazy as I thought. No idea what kind of CPU you need for anything other than an addition though.

[0]: log(1eN) / log(10) = N ; therefore: bits_required = log2(1e100000000) = 100000000 * log(10) / log(2) = 3.3e8 bits = 41 MB

It's obviously a play on the Go mascot, in the same style and probably by the same artist.

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