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[–] underwire212@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t binary ‘10’ be 2, which it does contain? I feel like that’s cheating, since binary is just a mode of interpreting information …all numbers, regardless of base, can be represented in binary.

[–] Teepo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're not writing in binary. They're defining a base 10 number that is 0.11, followed by a single 0, then 1, then two 0s, then 1, then three 0s, then 1, and so on. The definition ensures that it never repeats, but because it only contains 1 and 0, it would never contain any sequence with the numbers 2 through 9.

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

And you can strongman this by first using the string 23456789 at the start. It does contain all base 10 digits but not 22.

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

Thanks for the consideration for my pronouns XD

he/him if it ever matters