This method is only optimal if your numbers have ranges that fit nicely into powers of two. See here for optimal bit packing: https://codeplea.com/optimal-bit-packing
This site's scrolling is very broken for me on mobile. Everyone I scroll down it just jerks back to the top. I don't know how major sites mess it to so totally.
So is something funny like this considered political speech? Does it go through a PAC or anything like that?
It's not a break if they make up that time later. Sounds more like working a shift, and then starting a second shift later.