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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t zero the same in base-2 as it is in base-10? Wouldn’t first place be 1, second place be 10, and third place 11?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is about indexes starting at 0, not about binary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Gotcha. I guess that’s the difference between programmer humor and computer architect humor.