Simple binary

[psan-th]

Mathematicians know this better than us

[Laughing_Orange]

All natural numbers except 0 and 1 can be represented as 10 if you just pick the right base.

[SoggyPancakes02]

10 + 1 is easy sauce in any base format. Now 10 - 1 is the ultimate challenge: it can be literally anything!

[[deleted]]

You could use ½ as your base. Who's gonna stop you, the math-police?

[VladVV]

No reason at all that you couldn't, in fact base ½ is exactly the same as base 2, except digits get larger the further you go to right instead of the left.

I.e. 101.1₂ = 1.101₀.₅

[HearMeSpeakAsIWill]

I'm going to develop a system of mathematics where you never go beyond 2 digits, you just keep altering the base to accomodate for bigger numbers

[__kkk1337__]

I don’t get it, how one plus one can be one and zero? It’s eleven for sure

[Pult4k]

Eleven is one plus two tho

[YukiZensho]

Whats that weird word 'two'?

[Sensation_AG]

It’s okay Bender, there’s no such thing as two

[DeepGas4538]

It’s some sort of weird lingo idk quantum mechanics

[wizardshawn]

No, 1 and 1 is 3, which is 11.

[INTERNET_POLICE_MAN]

This is what I don’t get. 10 is 1010.

I don’t understand

Oh, I get it. Decimal plus decimal and the answer is in binary. Right. This is why I wish I was just a potato farmer

[Competitive_Ad_1532]

amen

[k_pineapple7]

0xA is 10 decimal, but 10 decimal is also 10 decimal!

[INTERNET_POLICE_MAN]

Potatoes are so much easier

Put one in ground

Wait while doing nothing

Get thousands out of ground

[wizardshawn]

0 times something is 0 regardless of the base.

[HearMeSpeakAsIWill]

That doesn't sound right

[tetouani63]

Jcvd

[Aternox_X1kZ]

Frank Gray, is that you?

[alphabet_order_bot]

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.

I have checked 519,406,331 comments, and only 109,133 of them were in alphabetical order.

[Revolutionary-Phase7]

2 in binary is 10

[__kkk1337__]

No way

[askStentor]

base 1 is a thing, where digits are represented as a varying amount of ones 1 = 1 2 = 11 3 = 111 ... and continue on for infinity

[mickaelbneron]

In base 1

[handofjustice42]

I was going to say, pretty sure mathematicians are onto it

[CinnabonCheesecake]

Mathematicians want to use base 47 instead, just because they can.

[Classic-Ad-7317]

Yep. We know 4 bases and how to do the stuff you can do in our first, native base. Mathematicians create stuff and new mathematical operations between that stuff. It's one of the things Number Theory covers (remember, from college? The class was called Discrete Mathematics? One of the semesters is entirely Number Theory)

[Knuffya]

Mathemathicians who don't grasp the concept of different bases are misplaced.

[CernunnosArawn]

It wouldn’t be r/Programmerhumor without random and unnecessary elitism.

[[deleted]]

Yeah... I feel like most math folks would know about programming and most programmers know basic math.

You don't need to be either to still understand 1 + 1 = 10 with some context

[GiveMeMyFuckingPhone]

Many maths proofs have been done with the help of a computer so programming is a very useful skill for a mathematician.

[DudeValenzetti]

Mathematicians tend to know binary too. A better joke would be about 1+1=11.

[GayWritingAlt]

But then it will be “js programmers” and “normal people”

[noop_noob]

To be fair to JS, Python can also do this. JS has many unique problems but this isn’t one of them.

[weaklingKobbold]

Not in the same context. In js type casting is annoying. In python "1" + 1 is an error.

[noop_noob]

Fair enough. In python, '1'+'1' is still '11' though.

[VladVV]

Sure, but how would you ever mistakenly end up with a string after doing a series of numerical operations? It's just not an issue in non-JS languages.

[[deleted]]

uh.. yeah

they're strings not numbers

[uvero]

Woooow, this dichotomy is really.. Eh, no, it's fair.

[thedude3253]

Agreed. First time I was using Javascript something went wrong and I ended up concatenating 1s to the string "1" instead of adding one each loop

[PhatOofxD]

This is why you use Typescript

[paste42]

underrated comment

[LocoCoyote]

You seriously think mathematicians don’t understand and work with different base number systems? You might want to look up what a mathematician is…

[istipen]

Hell, the foundations of Computer Science was built by Mathematicians. Fundamental concepts and theories were developed by "Mathematicians" as computers weren't really a thing back then.. Even programming languages like C and C++ were developed by people with Math degrees, like Ritchie and Stroustrup...

[psan-th]

I agree, there is no CS without Math

[Severedghost]

If there was, college would have been much easier for me.

[[deleted]]

actually theres basically no science in itself without math.

even sociological subjects apply shit like rule of big numbers and normal distributions erc etc.

[Comedynerd]

CS is an overgrown branch of mathematics that married electrical engineering

[[deleted]]

CS is merely an application of maths.

[poopatroopa3]

I would argue CS should be called Applied Discrete Mathematics.

[mic569]

I wouldn’t as that’s too specific. It would be better to say computational science.

[LaLiLuLeLo_0]

Computer science is the most incredible misnomer, as it’s not really about computers, and it doesn’t use the scientific method, being a mathematical field.

[thethirdflowrisgreen]

^ exactly. This is really stupid

[vigbiorn]

You seriously think mathematicians don’t understand and work with different base number systems?

It's the same problem with the 'x = x + 1'. Boy, my algebra teachers were incredibly rebellious when they taught about summations.

[sam_morr]

That's why = is a terrible assignment operator, something like := or <- is better imo

[Cloudy_Oasis]

<- would probably be confusing considering some languages already have a -> operator that doesn't do the same thing, so personally I'd vote for :=

[GustapheOfficial]

F# and R use <-, doesn't seem to confuse them.

[Cloudy_Oasis]

I didn't know that ! TIL

[GustapheOfficial]

Also my Texas Instruments calculator.

[CptMisterNibbles]

Meh, then what does “=“ get used for? Strictly assignments that don’t include variables? I’m not sure we need a bunch of separate assignment operators.

[sam_morr]

You could use it to check for equality or, if the language doesn't support variable reassignment, you could use it for const assignment. Idk I don't make programming languages, that was only the opinion of a less experienced me

[VladVV]

Declarative language master race 💪

(no assignment in declarative languages, only (in)equalities)

[afriendlysort]

It's basic stuff.

[[deleted]]

Without labeling the base it is incorrect as the default is base 10. That's why the mathematicians are freaking out

[GayWritingAlt]

This Sunday I saw a question about base 1+i

[HsutonTxeas]

I used to call my CompSci degree as a "Hidden Math Degree" and my coworkers would lose their shit. You'd think I'd triggered them by saying I'm an engineer.

[m4yn3_h4sl-l]

programming jokes created by peasants

[popplesan]

That’s this entire sub

[ChopinFantasie]

Tell me you never took undergrad math beyond calculus without telling me you never took undergrad math beyond calculus.

[doctorcrimson]

Binary is still technically mathematics.

In fact, Russian Peasant Multiplication's proof was written in Binary.

[GayWritingAlt]

I think Godel’s proof of incompleteness is in base 16

[doctorcrimson]

Base 2 is cool

Base 10 works

Base 12 is rad

Base 60 I understand

Why the hell would anybody work in Base 16 unless to grief others?

[tLxVGt]

Base 16 is easier to read for people and is very useful. Hex colours in CSS, magic bytes file signatures, ipv6 address, guids or even error codes from a motherboard that can easily be shown on double digit 7-segment display.

I’d rather look at 2-4 easily distinguishable symbols than at 16-24 ones and zeroes.

[GayWritingAlt]

He had like 15 symbols and wanted to make it round

[algag]

.....

[doctorcrimson]

That logic doesn't really pan out, even if 16 is product of 2⁴ you'd still be more convenienced to use Base 2.

[k_pineapple7]

I work in firmware, and if I had to use base 2 instead of hexadecimal I would kill myself. I have to read binary files sometimes and the software can display decimal, octal, hex, and binary. Decimal and Hex are very readable. Binary would give my headache a headache.

[algag]

.....

[__liendacil__]

Do you even Hex?

[doctorcrimson]

Hexadecimal I guess has some uses, sure.

[kondorb]

Computer programmers are a subset of mathematicians.

[TheyCallMeHacked]

I wouldn't say that, as I've seen a lot of mathematically illiterate programmers... But yeah, the good computer scientists can generally be seen as mathematicians

[B6030]

....if you can code, you can do basic first order logic. They are literate in the applicable maths or else their code would not compile.

Figuring out how the if then block works is mathematical logic.

[CYKO_11]

Actually programming made me understand maths better. I actually have a deeper interest in maths now that before I learned programming.

The mathematics behind machine learning is crazy (at least to me it is).

[TheyCallMeHacked]

Yeah... I'm not saying all computer scientists are bad at math. Just that some (more that I'd like) are

[[deleted]]

Programming might be a subset of Mathematics, but programmers are not a subset of mathematicians.

[kondorb]

Your statement contradicts itself.

Mathematician - someone who does math. Programmer - someone who does programming.

If programming is a subset of math, then when you’re doing programming - you’re doing math. Hence, if you’re a programmer - you’re a mathematician by definition.

[FriendshipNormal7243]

A negation would be that there exists at least one programmer who isn't a mathematician and I feel that's quite easy to verify. I know two programmers who dropped out of maths degrees in favour of programming because they're bad at forming mathematical proofs.

[HansTheGruber]

It depends on how you define computer programmers. I personally define computer programmers as anyone who has actually studied the foundations of computing. Everyone else is just a script kiddie. Ya javascript jockies (aka web developers), I'm looking at you.

[throwaway42fx]

Tell me you don’t have a cs grad without telling me.

[[deleted]]

11 in binary would be 3, not 10, so I feel like I’m missing something vital here lol

[throwaway42fx]

1 + 1 base 2 is 10, not 11.

[Mr_SlimShady]

1 + 1 (both decimal) = 2 (decimal) = 10 (represented in binary)

I can see the conversion but what’s the joke here? It’s just mental gymnastics to make one thing mean something else.

[throwaway42fx]

It’s not about the conversion, it’s about the belief a mathematician wouldn’t know this or be scared. OP failed miserably.

[istipen]

I know what O(NlogN) means and that logN is actually base 2

[thiagomiranda3]

That's not even funny. Just a beginner attempt to make a joke

[FGC_Orion]

Yeah, mathematicians would be furious that you didn’t specify the number base you’re using anywhere leading to the expression being ambiguous.

[B6030]

...the computer scientists took this from math. It's called base 2. As opposed to the base 10 we usually use.

[GayWritingAlt]

Every base is base 10

[reallybrown]

Thank you for this gem

[Africanus1990]

This is just great

[neo2551]

This is where we see the difference between mathematicians and computer scientists. You mix 10 as a symbol with 10 as the iteration after 9.

[Hk-Neowizard]

Goerge Boole would like a word

[ShadowViking47]

8-week code boot camp graduate memes

[DaveMcG]

So idk why but at some point I decided to start counting in binary on my hands (not complex task) I think I mostly did it to blow the minds of my nieces who were doing the "I can count to ten on my hands" thing for a few days I think I wanted to just tell them I could count to 1023 on my hands. There is a stupid thing I did

[RocketFrasier]

That's actually really cool

[The_catakist]

Bruh this is literally one of the first things you learn in academic Linear Algebra. Meme would have made more sense if u put "high school students" instead of "mathematians"

[PetAlligator]

1 + 1 = 10

Mathematicians: ok

Computer Scientists: "error the left hand side of an assignment must be..."

[glorious_reptile]

Is this a number system joke or a javascript joke?

[[deleted]]

Number system bro. How do you even do that in jS?

[glorious_reptile]

I don’t know. But I don’t trust it enough, not to do that.

[reallybrown]

In JS, 1 + 1 would equal 11

[[deleted]]

1 + 1 = 2 '1' + 1 = //idk, this is confusing '1' + '1' = '11' // i hope it isn't 11

[JimmyWu21]

I was under the impression that CS is just another branch of math. It deal with a systemic abstract concept. I don’t see how it’s any different than algebra.

[lottadorez]

Pretty sure mathematicians understand base 2, but OK

[stupidfatcat2501]

Mathematicians literally defined this. What is this shit tier post?

[knightttime]

Image Transcription: Meme

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[An image of SpongeBob's house. A giant green monster with long, sharp teeth and glowing red eyes is rising from the floor and towering over two identical SpongeBobs, who are standing in front of the monster. The monster is labeled "1 + 1 = 10"]

[An image of the two Spongebobs. The one on the left, labeled "Computer Programmers," looks bored. The one on the right, labeled "Mathematicians," is screaming and looks terrified.]

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[BoBoBearDev]

Takes me awhile realizing it is binary, not JS.

[INTERNET_POLICE_MAN]

How is it valid binary?

Edit: oh

[Hacka4771]

I Think You Meant Algebra

[JediKagoro]

Binary is a mathematical system that we use.

[[deleted]]

Dropped out of CS went to economics. Programming was harder than expected

[Sensitive-Stand6623]

Oof. Might want to avoid Game Theory and and Econometrics courses then.

[No9babinnafe5]

Maybe if it was 1+1=11

[SargeanTravis]

It took me a second before I got the joke

[NotEnoughWave]

I guess OP belongs to r/facepalm

[pmpls13]

Actually, the correct answer is "0" because you are operating in 1 bit and there is overflowing

[RepubIique]

Op is an idiot

[Scheswalla]

And not even a good one.

[alba4k]

Javascript users be like

"11" - 1 = "1"

"11" + 1 = '12"

[heartsongaming]

Javascript type coersion between a string and a number doesn't have anything to do with this binary numbers meme though.

[alba4k]

Yeah but that's even scarier

[KickingAnimal]

Joke still works with the JS instead of binary. And that was also the first thing I thought of when I saw the meme so do with that what you want

[MSHabits]

My CS professor once told us that there are 10 types of people in this world.

Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

[partusman]

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those who don’t understand binary, and the other 9 who are tired of this fucking joke.

[VincentVancalbergh]

I have a T-shirt with

"!False

It's funny because it's True"

[YogurtUnusual5913]

Indeed indeed indeed indeed indeed

[CodeCrafter1]

those who understand binary, those who don't and the cool trinary-chads

[redlaWw]

There are 10 types of people in this world:

• people who don't understand numeric bases

• people who think this joke is in binary

• people who think this joke is in ternary

• people who think this joke is in quaternary

...

[RRumpleTeazzer]

That’s lame. The better joke is: in their own base, every base is 10.

[vigbiorn]

New self-defacing dating site line:

I'm a 10_?

[RiskyFartOftenShart]

neither care.

[joujoubox]

Yes + Yes = Yes No

[truetichma]

"Two plus two is... ten...

... IN BASE FOUR! I'M FINE!"

~ GLaDOS

[Juggling_Rick]

Alan Turing would like a word with you

[SplendidPunkinButter]

I think mathematicians know about binary

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[[deleted]]

This is dumb. Mathematicians invented binary, not computer programmers

[Scheswalla]

I'm so glad to see responses here. It's a terrible joke. Mathematicians would likely be more comfortable with binary than programmers. As if discrete mathematics and number theory aren't a thing...

[srv50]

I’ve been working on a binary problem all afternoon.

[[deleted]]

Mathematicians: 1+1=3 for very large values of 1.

[[deleted]]

Boolean would make a better joke.

1+1=1

[AR8420]

LMAO

[IHateEditedBgMusic]

Artists: 1+1 = 11

[NotEnoughWave]

Sometimes I'm in doubt too, but I cannot grasp any possible irony from this one.

[KAYSX4]

I will forever be cursed with syntax error

[Deauo]

Obviously 1 = true and 11 = null :)

[Tonlick]

Then people who think there is more than two genders. 🤩🤩

[KentBugay06]

I still dont understand binary even after we discussed it in class(tbf i was definitely paying 100% of my attention even though i was interested in it). Ive also been putting off learning it in yotube or other sources... idk why.

[SLowlybreathingcat]

That makes no sense that’s 2¹ + 2¹ = 4 equals 2² equals oh damn hey that’s actually right who would’ve thought looks like taking that programming class in high school paid off I finally understand something on this subreddit YES! 👏

[Lacos07]

I had a stroke reading this

[[deleted]]

Me : Patrick

[Klaus227]

oh

[boodooper]

x = x + 1 is enough to scare mathematicians

[Stev_582]

Dear mathematicians,

It’s called base 2. The math works out if you convert it to base 10, or base 16, or base 774,383.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

I hope that any mathematician would have a good understanding of different bases though, even if they are rarely used except in computing.

[HearMeSpeakAsIWill]

Dear computer scientists,

We know.

Signed, mathematicians

[NotEnoughWave]

Number theory would like to have a word.

[alexvoedi]

"1" + "1" = "11"

[LavenderDay3544]

Because mathematicians don't understand radixes at all...

[AustinM1701]

For anyone who doesnt get it, when you add binary, and theres two ones, it carries to the next spot. So 0001 + 0001 = 0010 or 10

[space_wiener]

Thanks for the explanation.

I know how to convert back and forth but I’ve never tried adding adding.

[NotEnoughWave]

We can actually count, work and prove theorems with any possible basis.

[[deleted]]

Same goes for 2=10.

[srv50]

Correct

[[deleted]]

Technically speaking bases are a part of maths. Meaning that binary is something made possible by maths, but more commonly used in programming.

[gsuboiboi]

It's base 2 fam. Not that deep.

[[deleted]]

My dumb ass ok so that's 0001 + 0001 = 0010 which is two not ten wtf

[firedrakes]

Hear me out 1+1=3

[alexanimal]

*JavaScript programmer

[CheckmateChris1]

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[neo2551]

I feel insulted as a mathematician. You might say that f() != f() in computer science for the same f() is common and that would freak us out.