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| ▲ | jeffbee 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Knuth's base-e proposal enters the chat. They were right about everything 50+ years ago, but they didn't have the budget for the right hardware, had to write conference papers and books instead. | | |
| ▲ | jacquesm 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I can totally see how ternary would work from a physical implementation perspective but I have a really hard time visualizing anything using base-e, can you explain how such a thing would work in practice? | | |
| ▲ | jeffbee 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | No it's impossible. But it would be optimal! | | |
| ▲ | jacquesm 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ah, the spherical cow of number bases :) Thanks for the response, that saved me a sleepless night. |
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