The instruction book for your computer has instructions for what to do in this exact situation. I would recommend following the computer mfg directions...stay out of the water for 24 hours!
Diving a computer will often have you well past what a dive table would allow because a dive table assumes (unless you know how to do the calculations for multi-level diving) you dive a square profile dive. The dive computer computes based on what you actually did so you often do a longer dive than what a dive table would allow because you do not spend the entire dive at the deepest depth of the dive. So the
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"If you were not into any DECO you can do as one poster suggested, assume that you were at max NDL for the next depth deeper then you know you were, say 90 feet if you were at 80. Now enter the tables at that level and go for it."
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method is not valid and a good way to IMHO get hurt, just like using your dive buddy's computer is a good way to get hurt, 10 feet does make a difference. Since you have no way of knowing your pressure grouping or residual nitrogen after a computer takes a dump, I would stay out for 24 hours and enjoy the ocean view.
Given the aggressive nature of diving on many live aboards with multiple dives on consecutive days, some recommend sitting out a day mid-week as a precaution. So conservative is the order of the day and sit out a day of diving if the computer conks out. If you are not willing to do that, then carry a back-up computer on every dive.