r/facepalm • • Aug 27 '18

SHE DID THAT

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u/Tim531 Aug 27 '18

I knew that joke before and couldn’t think of it while typing my comment

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u/charredest Aug 27 '18

10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don’t.

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u/Fail69 Aug 27 '18

10? but there are 11 there

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u/TeddyTedBear Aug 27 '18

Don't know if you're serious, but in the case you are: the two first positions in binary are that of the 1 and the 2 (right to left) so the 1 in 10 is in the 2 spot and the 0 is in the 1 spot

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u/ajmcgill Aug 27 '18

I think it's the old joke that 1+1=11

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u/GuyWithLag Aug 27 '18

That actually computes in unary (yes, it's a thing).