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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoBoth work because the scale is 1-10. Binary just has fewer intermediate steps. Nobody is a binary 7.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoThe joke is binary 10 is 2. Vs base 10 of 10
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 days agoThanks for the explanation! I’ve only been doing digital logic since 1976 so I’m still a bit confused by it.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoNo worries. I have a networking background so I’ll never forget binary. 0 = 000 1 = 001 2 = 010 3 = 011 4 = 100 So 100 / 25 = 100 (4 in binary)
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoHere’s another neat one: 1010 / 101 = 10
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-224 days agoI think they’re saying that on a binary 1 to 10 scale, the range is only (decimal) 2, so a 10/10 for binary is a 2/2 in decimal (where you can only be a 1/2 or 2/2), which is still the highest value.
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoConsidering the artist I think the joke was 2/10 vs 10/10. This isn’t XKCD. Still to each their own. I forwarded this to some network engineer friends and they got a kick out of it.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-224 days agoOh, definitely. The intended joke is out of 10 in decimal.
minus-squareLichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoThat’s clear. I thought this joke didn’t quite work because of the same reason, too.
Both work because the scale is 1-10. Binary just has fewer intermediate steps. Nobody is a binary 7.
The joke is binary 10 is 2. Vs base 10 of 10
Thanks for the explanation! I’ve only been doing digital logic since 1976 so I’m still a bit confused by it.
No worries. I have a networking background so I’ll never forget binary.
0 = 000
1 = 001
2 = 010
3 = 011 4 = 100
So 100 / 25 = 100 (4 in binary)
Here’s another neat one: 1010 / 101 = 10
I think they’re saying that on a binary 1 to 10 scale, the range is only (decimal) 2, so a 10/10 for binary is a 2/2 in decimal (where you can only be a 1/2 or 2/2), which is still the highest value.
Considering the artist I think the joke was 2/10 vs 10/10.
This isn’t XKCD. Still to each their own.
I forwarded this to some network engineer friends and they got a kick out of it.
Oh, definitely. The intended joke is out of 10 in decimal.
That’s clear. I thought this joke didn’t quite work because of the same reason, too.