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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are 10 types of people in the world: those who know how binary works, those who don't, and those who didn't expect this joke to be in ternary

[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm definitely in the 10th group here.

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My personal top 10 binary numbers are 1000101 and 110100100. 0 and 1 though are my top 10 binary digits.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"binary digits" is an oxymoron. "Digit" implies decimal counting.

[–] Poach@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that why all digital computers use binary?

This may actually be an example of where a word's meaning had changed over time. Not sure of the etymology.

Some random dictionary has "one of the elements that combine to form numbers in a system other than the decimal system" as one of the definitions.

I spent way too long trying to prove something there...

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

I think it's because they use discrete numbers instead of varying voltages in analog systems. There have been digital computers built that use base 3.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. People who understand binary and people who don’t.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bullshit, 1 should have been the top number!

#Team_1

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Dgar” is short for “Dad Joke Aggregator”

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Dad Guacamole Alligator