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[–] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's kind of a confusing way to explain binary

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

IMO it should've been an analogy with 9 in base 10, it would've been clearer.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

That's kinda how my college explained

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Common core binary lol

[–] zurohki@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who didn't realise this joke is in base 3.

[–] aaiding@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Actually, there's 2 more:

  1. People making off-by-one errors
[–] Port8080@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

I think he got it

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Binary is not very pc. Everyone knows there are infinite numbers

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Some weird joke about political correctness and genders I think

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

...there's still infinite numbers in binary?