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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Binary on fingers really comes into its own when you need to order 1023 beers over heavy background noise. Except when there's a mix-up and you end up with -1 beer.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

This sounds like xkcd alt text

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Jokes on you, I already owed one beer!

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's easy to order 1 beer and end up with 31.