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Re:Facebook Ban on Linux by alt227 on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:36AM (#42852778)
Bias towards base 10 numbering? How did you know 1+1 wasnt wanted to be calculated in binary?
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Re:Facebook Ban on Linux by kazinator on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @03:08PM (#42857299)
1+1=2 has a correct interpretation in any base 3 and higher.

How we know that it wasn't to be calculated in binary is that the digit 2 occurs.

We have to have a reason to suspect that it was intended to be binary, otherwise we are inventing an inconsistency that isn't there in order to find a false or not-well-formed interpretation.

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