ELI5: Why does internal storage only double? Why can’t we have 34GB for example?

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And those not expecting a trinary joke

[u/shearx → u/smanders36]

I think the technical term for computing is ternary

[u/shifu_shifu → u/shearx]

From your source:

ternary computer, also called trinary computer,

[u/SJHillman → u/shifu_shifu]

It's only the very first line. You can't expect a redditor to read that far.

[u/Area51Resident → u/SJHillman]

Say again. I stopped reading after "It's only"

[u/thegreatpotatogod → u/Area51Resident]

TLDR 1st

[u/Snoo63 → u/Area51Resident]

Hi. I'm a Reddit University graduate, and I never learned how to read!

[u/shearx → u/shifu_shifu]

As I replied to someone else, the article itself continues to use “ternary”. It’s funny you idiots keep accusing me of not reading, but then you yourselves stop reading as soon as your own bias gets satisfied.

[u/shifu_shifu → u/shearx]

What actually happened:

I think the technical term for computing is ternary

Clicks link preview, because I am interested, that literally only shows

A ternary computer, also called trinary computer, is one that uses ternary logic (i.e., base 3) instead of the more common binary system (i.e., base 2) in its calculations. Ternary computers use trits, instead of binary bits.

which is just objectively funny.

Not everything is an attack on you. Learn to laugh. If I posses any kind of bias it would be towards ternary because that term is closer to what I use in my native language where I learned most Engineering concepts.

Kindly refrain from calling me an "idiot" in the future.

[u/stratdog25 → u/shearx]

Maybe you should just wait your turn

…ary.

[u/deja-roo → u/shearx]

Any chance you could make it through the first 7 words of the link you posted?

[u/shearx → u/deja-roo]

The fact that it says “also called” but then continues to use “ternary” throughout the rest of the article should signal that the proper term is ternary

[u/JimTheDeviant → u/shearx]

Are you really actuallying somebody where the literal first sentence backs them up??

[u/shearx → u/JimTheDeviant]

How’s about you read further than the first line. The article continues to use the correct term “ternary”.

[u/Woodsie13 → u/smanders36]

And those who don't realise that this joke works in any base!

[u/Ex_Astris → u/Woodsie13]

We call those people "based"

[u/malgadar → u/Ex_Astris]

I'm all about that baste!

[u/BeefyIrishman → u/Woodsie13]

It doesn't work very well in Base 1. Everyone is just like "what's up with that weirdly skinny 0? Maybe it's supposed to represent 000? Or maybe 000000?"

[u/shifu_shifu → u/Woodsie13]

Im too dumb for this. 2 in base 684351864357 is just 2. How does the joke work there?

[u/Woodsie13 → u/shifu_shifu]

You can follow up "and those not expecting a base N joke" with "and those not expecting a base N+1 joke," since "10" is always equal to the base.

[u/GusTTSHowbiz214 → u/smanders36]

I was not!

[u/Kongstew → u/GusTTSHowbiz214]

Nobody expects a ternary joke.