Footnotes

Author: bowbahdoe

src/niche_numerics/byte.md

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ IO.println(b);
 
 You will most often use the `byte` type when working with data as sequences of bytes, such as reading from and writing to binary files. Representing binary data as arrays of `byte` values is more memory-efficient than representing each individual byte as, say, an `int`.
 
+
+<!--
+You will most often want a `byte` when you are trying to save space in memory.
+You will most often use the `byte` type when working with data as sequences of bytes, such as reading from and writing to binary files. Representing binary data as arrays of `byte` values is more memory-efficient than representing each individual byte as, say, an `int`.
+-->
+
 ```java,no_run
 // This array of 4 bytes
 byte[] bytes = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };

src/reflection/invoke_a_method.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Tea {
 ```
 
 For static methods you do not need an instance of the class to invoke them.
-Instead, the first argument is ignored. You can pass `null`.
+Instead, the first argument is ignored. You can pass `null`[^strange].
 
 ```java
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -65,4 +65,6 @@ class Apple {
         IO.println("You took " + times + " bite" + (times < 1 ? "." : "s."));
     }
 }
-```
+```
+
+[^strange]: I find this strange. It hurts my brain.