Why is the creation of the binary code so particularly revolutionary and groundbreaking?

1. 2023-09-08 at 4:16 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole
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2. 2023-09-08 at 4:25 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   the transistor is what made computers possible, and each transistor can only be set to ON or OFF.
   
   binary encoding is a way to store and use data in a system that can only express two states.
   
   it's why quantum computing is such a big thing; a quantum transistor can potentially be set to more than just on or off, with the latest test units being able to store up to seven distinct states.
   
   to clarify - in binary, a system that can only store data as ON/OFF or 1/0, the word 'nigger' converted to ASCII is
   
   110000111001011000000001000000110011010110000100010111010.
   
   in base-7, it can be encoded to
   
   124420633121230304421.
   
   consider how much faster data and instructions can be processed if it doesn't take so much work and space to store them
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3. 2023-09-08 at 4:36 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole

   Originally posted by aldra the transistor is what made computers possible, and each transistor can only be set to ON or OFF.
   
   binary encoding is a way to store and use data in a system that can only express two states.
   
   it's why quantum computing is such a big thing; a quantum transistor can potentially be set to more than just on or off, with the latest test units being able to store up to seven distinct states.
   
   to clarify - in binary, a system that can only store data as ON/OFF or 1/0, the word 'nigger' converted to ASCII is
   
   110000111001011000000001000000110011010110000100010111010.
   
   in base-7, it can be encoded to
   
   124420633121230304421.
   
   consider how much faster data and instructions can be processed if it doesn't take so much work and space to store them

   
   Ur a genius. U can teach this to people.
4. 2023-09-08 at 4:39 PM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
   quantum computer is cooler why is bit and byte 1 and 0 why not 6 7 8 9
   
   
   
   

   In TempleOS, my compiler will put together multiple characters in a character constant. We don't do Unicode. We do ASCII–8-bit ASCII, not 7-bit ASCII; 7-bit signed ASCII is retarded.

   
   
   
5. 2023-09-08 at 4:43 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by totse2118 7-bit signed ASCII is retarded

   
   he's not wrong, I wasn't aware anyone did that
   
   Google's quantum computer apparently has 'transistors' that can store
   7 discrete states but they take like 30 seconds per transistor to update so they're not useful outside of experimentation yet
6. 2023-09-08 at 5:06 PM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
   I wish my OS could embed a 3d model as ascii
   
   *sigh* one day
   

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7. 2023-09-08 at 6:10 PM UTC

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   I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga
   Googles 7-state twisted transistor is called the Uber goober
   
   Named after the esteemed ESPORTS transvestite by the same name
8. 2023-09-08 at 6:17 PM UTC

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   totse2118 Space Nigga [my ci light-haired pongee]
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