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jeffbee
7 hours ago
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jacquesm
7 hours ago
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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?
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jeffbee
6 hours ago
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No it's impossible. But it would be optimal!
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jacquesm
5 hours ago
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Ah, the spherical cow of number bases :) Thanks for the response, that saved me a sleepless night.
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