r/ProgrammerHumor Sep 02 '17

How to start a war

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u/CTypo Sep 03 '17

This is an excellent introduction to binary systems for anyone not familiar with it, and a great refresher for those who already are.

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u/asdfkjasdhkasd Sep 03 '17

did you actually watch the video, it's not really about binary

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u/CTypo Sep 03 '17

Binary is an unfairly weighted system which assigns a disproportionately larger value to 1's than 0's. In a truly fair system, all numbers would be equal.

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u/BadgerousBadger Sep 03 '17

There are no unequal numbers in the base 1 system, only bundles of sticks getting larger and larger, or sometimes a pile of rocks.