Comment on Non-binary

gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• cows_are_underrated@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All the other numbers can be written wit 0/1

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Counterpoint: Floating-point inaccuracies.

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    • hglman@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Floating point is a consequence of physical computerr being finite not using binary.

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      • uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Counter-counter-counterpoint: pi in base-pi can be written in one digit

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    • Verat@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In that case decimal is flawed too, 0.6667 or any such approxination doesnt exactly equal 2/3.

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      • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Counterpoint 1: 0.6̇ (Unicode does not support numbers with overdots correctly)

        Counterpoint 2: 2/3

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    • yetAnotherUser@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Counter-counterpoint:

      Display the exact value of pi with 64 digits in any base N number system.

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  • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All numbers can be written with |

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• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You joke but in astronomy there are only three elements. Hydrogen, helium, and metal. Which is just every other element together in one group.

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• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1 is the loneliest

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• uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Define “all the other numbers”. Do we include only natural numbers? Or all instegers? Or even rational numbers? Do we include imaginary numbers? How about complex numbers? Orbetter go for quaternions?

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  • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Define "all the other numbers

    If its a number and it isn’t exactly 0 or 1.

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    • uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You still haven’t defined number part

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