Post #2233262
2026-05-07 05:14 UTC
@benroyce@mastodon.social @A_Minion@mastodon.social @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social That's not strictly true. One can mix binary bits and ternary trits to cobble together a system that is on average 2.71828 states per position, but that way lies madness.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 05:16
@log@mastodon.sdf.org @A_Minion@mastodon.social @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social yeah you're talking about the "radix economy" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_radix_choice base 3 is a better choice than base 2 for computing in some ways balanced ternary is absolutely beautiful mathematics whenever i consider this topic of ternary computing i feel like i'm dealing with a genius idea or i'm taking drugs i think it can find weird niches like some 3 letter govt agency effort but it seems binary took the world and steamrolled this CS exotic topic