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How many of you know how binary works? - Action Lemon - 12-02-2017
How many of you out there know how binary works? It would be intresting to know if any programmers actually know binary or at lest how it works nowadays.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Miles - 12-02-2017
I had to learn it for a networking class. The numbering system is a simple enough concept, I think. In regards to programming I don't actually know certain things I probably should know at this point, though, like the applications of bitshifting and all that.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - ReinlynxPSI - 12-02-2017
I know it works off base 2, but that's about it. :c
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Pea - 12-02-2017
I'm part of the ten kinds of people who know binary. Quite easy once you know how to count to 1000.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - darkblueyoshi - 12-02-2017
Yeah, and it depends how you want to represent these numbers. It can be a signed or unsigned integer, a floating-point number, a character, or even a flag. In general, programmers don't think in binary. We read and write in hexadecimal because some programming languages don't support binary literals. It's also more concise.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - bigpotato - 12-02-2017
I would say at least 101.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - VinnyVideo - 12-02-2017
I do. We covered binary conversion in several of my undergraduate classes, and I've tutored people with things like subnetting homework in the past.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Zero Kirby - 12-03-2017
I learned it in high school electronics, since I'm pretty sure it's how you're supposed to read resistor colour-codes? I think? I've totally forgotten that, to be honest.
Except for the actual reading the number. That's pretty easy once you know the trick.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - HylianDev - 12-04-2017
(12-02-2017, 09:06 PM)Pea Wrote: I'm part of the ten kinds of people who know binary. Quite easy once you know how to count to 1000.
I get it
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Xander - 12-04-2017
There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Action Lemon - 12-04-2017
Very funny.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - DustinVG - 12-04-2017
Maybe a passing familiarity.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Action Lemon - 12-04-2017
Ok, I dont get that one.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - DustinVG - 12-05-2017
(12-04-2017, 09:10 PM)Auction Lemon Wrote: Ok, I dont get that one.
Oh, it's not a binary joke, it's my genuine level of expertise.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Andy Journey - 12-05-2017
Yeah, I do. Numbers at least.
RE: How many of you know how binary works? - Jeff - 12-05-2017
I know how it works, but I haven't bothered to memorize numbers.
I've mainly only used binary values as flags. In those situations it doesn't really matter what the value is, just which bits are active.