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1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 22:13:08 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

   boole was a foole and binary's imaginary for all but the most trivial of applications.

   when all you've got is logic gates everything looks extreme.

   okay, this is mostly gibberish, but gibberish can lead interesting conversations too.

   1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 22:17:53 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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      so, I thusly thrust ternary computers into the fray.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer

      any of you fabulously diversely experienced group have the chance to poke at any of these?

      1. Ed S (eds@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 06:15:30 EST Ed S

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         I invite you to search [fowler ternary] for a surprising history.

         Or have a play in your browser at
         http://www.edmundgriffiths.com/setunka.html

         #ternary #ternarycomputing
         #setun

         @djsundog