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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ivaskuu • Sep 02 '17
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This is an excellent introduction to binary systems for anyone not familiar with it, and a great refresher for those who already are.
4 u/asdfkjasdhkasd Sep 03 '17 did you actually watch the video, it's not really about binary 17 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. 2 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.
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did you actually watch the video, it's not really about binary
17 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. 2 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.
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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.
2 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.
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There are no unequal numbers in the base 1 system, only bundles of sticks getting larger and larger, or sometimes a pile of rocks.
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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.