Yes. We normally count in 'base 10', which means each digit can go from 0 to 9 as we count up, then the digit to its left increases by one. The rightmost position is the units, the next the tens (because we use base 10), the next hundreds (or 10 times 10), and so on, with each position worth 10 times the one to its right. So the number 12 means you have 2 units plus 1 ten. 123 means 3 units, 2 tens, and 1 hundred.
Binary is 'base 2', so as we count up each digit can only go from 0 to 1 before incrementing the position to its left, and each position is worth 2 times the one to its right. So 1 still means one, but 10 is 0 units plus 1 two, and 100 is 0 units, 0 tens and 1 four, totalling 4.
I know you are not joking because it was only a week ago really good tech journalism site The Register did a walk through on making a dedicated Word 5.0 bootable USB
Well I do use Linux on various devices and on my Raspberry Pi, it's just that my laptop is Windows. No, don't throw rocks at me, I use WSL too.
Also, I've somehow yet to post on Mastodon from Emacs. The existence of such Emacs addon didn't surprise me, because I've posted to identica and twitter from Emacs. You know, back in the day.
100 myths. Perfect.
Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get that joke and those who don't.
And those who weren't expecting a ternary joke.
Hm I may be getting wooshed, but this is still binary? 4 in ternary would be 11.
(all numbers in ternary) There are 10 types of people in this world:
1: Those who know binary
2: Those who don't
10: Those who weren't expecting a ternary joke
Hope that explains it!
Ah gotcha I thought you were going off the original post. Thanks!
Is that 4 in binary, then? I'm not in the know
Yes. We normally count in 'base 10', which means each digit can go from 0 to 9 as we count up, then the digit to its left increases by one. The rightmost position is the units, the next the tens (because we use base 10), the next hundreds (or 10 times 10), and so on, with each position worth 10 times the one to its right. So the number 12 means you have 2 units plus 1 ten. 123 means 3 units, 2 tens, and 1 hundred.
Binary is 'base 2', so as we count up each digit can only go from 0 to 1 before incrementing the position to its left, and each position is worth 2 times the one to its right. So 1 still means one, but 10 is 0 units plus 1 two, and 100 is 0 units, 0 tens and 1 four, totalling 4.
Yep, and it's easily memorable because if you learn to count in binary on your fingers 4 is 🖕.
I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.
Asking someone that doesn't know how, to close vim is my favorite password generator.
It’s my band name but all the members quit when I told them.
"What's this machine do?"
"It is a dedicated word processor."
"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"
"Haha yea...retro..."
I know you are not joking because it was only a week ago really good tech journalism site The Register did a walk through on making a dedicated Word 5.0 bootable USB
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/
Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for
You can always close vim but you can never quit >:3
"We are programmed to receive."
My brain is too smooth for modal environments. I require one mode or fewer.
escape colon que bang
That's disgusting! Stop telling us about the bangs that escape your colon.
i went boom boom 😎
The joke is long dead, long live vim
"Theres also a emacs plugin"
Truly heresy against the lord Linus Torvalds, Vim is the only correct option all else is unholy.
NeoVim says hi.
Well obviously neovim is also a correct option, does that really even need to be said?
My dad probably takes the cake as he used the OG VI back in the day.
Sonny, we wrote it Vi back in the day. Capital V, lower case i. Now get off my lawn! Isn't it cold? Policemen look younger and younger every year.
Linus uses emacs. Not GNU emacs, but still emacs.
Whaddaya mean, not gnu emacs? xemacs and lucid emacs are long gone, are they not??
It's a weird archaic emacs version that is no longer maintained except by him, iirc
He uses MicroEMACS
No shit? I used to used that in the 16-bit days. It's not really any kind of emacs, it just borrows keybindings and the buffer concept iirc.
However claims him, loses.
https://youtu.be/sCr_gb8rdEI?t=2416
nano/Kate >>>
Nano is for people posing at using Linux
You have to commit to a side in the war
Micro because mouse (jk I just use nano like a scrub because I'm used to it's hotkeys)
Absolutely bloated (kate) and nano isnt vim therefore it sucks
Vim ain't intuitive like nano so it sucks. Doesn't have advanced tools like Kate so it sucks.
eww vim vi better
Bro. We use ed around here.
Grrrr >:c
Surely you must love VS Codium even more.
I have to be honest I thought OP was being 100% serious until the last line.
That last line is why I shared it with others who have no idea what half the things it's referencing are.
This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.
Jokes aside, is Mastodon still tech nerd dominated in 2025? This was from 2022.
I mean, yeah, there’s loads of tech nerds, but it’s the internet so there’s always going to be.
But honestly, the vast majority of the people I follow are just regular folks who like to chat about regular stuff. Like how they use Arch, btw.
Why can't we contain all those tech nerds inside a dock or something?
we would board containers and find the tun/tap.
As long as tech nerds can learn to be decent human beings, platforms can be awesome with them on it.
There are dozens of us!
Like Lemmy?
Aren't thea few science nerds there nowadays as well?
Hey! I know some of those words!
I stopped reading at 100
Does that mean you only read the first 11 myths?
What myths?
booo
This is my favorite thing this morning. FreeBSD ftw.
My lack of knowledge about whatever an emacs plugin is proves #4 wrong.
This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501
Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers
What's Linux?
It's a type of sausage that's famous in the Netherlands
It's the online handle of some Linus fellow, some would argue he's internet famous for whatever reason
The concerns on using Mastodon and the likes is probably propaganda to dissuade people from using open source and defederated social media.
What client is this
web?
zshtcpsys
Is that an actual name
https://linux.die.net/man/1/zshtcpsys
I actually asked what the mastodon client in the picture was.
Well I do use Linux on various devices and on my Raspberry Pi, it's just that my laptop is Windows. No, don't throw rocks at me, I use WSL too.
Also, I've somehow yet to post on Mastodon from Emacs. The existence of such Emacs addon didn't surprise me, because I've posted to identica and twitter from Emacs. You know, back in the day.
Rock throwing intensifies 😾
I don't even need to throw rocks, Microsoft will drive you out trying to force you into letting copilot think for you.
Rare goat tier toot
I know its a joke but grrrrr
Is the train okay?
I'm sorry, but most people have never heard of BSD, VIM, or emacs.
Thatsthejoke.jpg
Yourtotallyrightaboutthat.rtf
ShittingBiscuits.ptsd
What who doesn't use emacs? I'll could send you my dotfiles...I just need to fix them.
I don't get it. What are you saying? Really dumb it down for me.