if you're a tech journalist in the present climate, it's incumbent upon you to ask why big tech is pursuing dead ends like AI when they could just start using the number 2. ones and zeroes have taken us as far as they can. either chuck a few 2s in there or cede the future of tech to those who will - ThreadSky

jonbois.bsky.social • 166 days ago

if you're a tech journalist in the present climate, it's incumbent upon you to ask why big tech is pursuing dead ends like AI when they could just start using the number 2. ones and zeroes have taken us as far as they can. either chuck a few 2s in there or cede the future of tech to those who will

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phegan.dev•166 days ago

If you were thinking big, like a real disruptor, you'd know we should skip right to 6

dinodinoinleo.bsky.social•166 days ago

Hahaha simple as that

fijibound.bsky.social•166 days ago

This would be better explained in video form, preferably a minute long

droseph.bsky.social•166 days ago

wish we had a visionary like you in government, sir.

gardylou-games.bsky.social•166 days ago

Dead wrong, they have to use -1, with a -1 to 1 range of potential outcomes. Zero is when new computers use the force to balance ying and yang completely

madamehardy.bsky.social•166 days ago

Way ahead of you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-valued_logic

rockintunesman.bsky.social•166 days ago

They're too (2) scared

lacrunk.bsky.social•166 days ago

droolean logic

sdirge.bsky.social•166 days ago

thundorio.bsky.social•166 days ago

Now I just miss the Busco Quadnary guy.

freeone3000.bsky.social•166 days ago

ok so tri-state memory has been theorized as a way to get higher density without needing to increase clock or decrease feature size, but does require higher silicon purity and may require a higher voltage range…

coyotesinspace.bsky.social•165 days ago

I mean. Trinary systems are a thing, and Quanta published a piece not long ago talking about how they're actually more efficient than binary but just never caught on. So you're actually kinda right.

mpbmke.com•159 days ago

Look what you've done

krisweinschenker.bsky.social•166 days ago

Not a tech journalist per se but short answer: It's good for the economy (at least in the short term). Just like tulip bulbs and mortgage-backed securities once were.

fleisch.bsky.social•166 days ago

quantum computing is basically this and it's gonna be the same damn hype/product cycle all over again

ary.bsky.social•166 days ago

It's fun when experimental science sounds like a shitpost.

femfreyanyctofile.bsky.social•166 days ago

Hey let's add 3

sdirge.bsky.social•166 days ago

Not so much. If it ever hits, it’s only been 40+ years of trying - it’ll be internet level of change. 2040 is my estimate

duckshow.bsky.social•166 days ago

There are/were actually ternary (as opposed to binary) computers - IIRC they're more energy efficient, but more complicated

lawnchairmedia.bsky.social•166 days ago

Trinary Code

basicchunnel.bsky.social•166 days ago

When I was a kid I was promised quantum computing (32 possible values per bit)

dingokayfabe.bsky.social•166 days ago

That you, Pythagoras

rohmersimpson.bsky.social•166 days ago

"2 is expressed as 11"
eleven? do you hear yourself?

buttfreak.bsky.social•166 days ago

Actually 3 is expressed as 11

guyjin.bsky.social•166 days ago

All mixed up, you don't know what to do, next thing you turn around and find the person is you

degalaman.com•166 days ago

2 is expressed as 11 if we’re talking about 2 bit signed integers.

ackthp.bsky.social•166 days ago

2 is expressed as 11 in unary, but 2 is expressed as 10 in all integer binary systems I know, including signed one's or two's complement.

degalaman.com•166 days ago

Fun Fact: I am bad at math
Even More Fun Fact: in 2 bit signed integer, 2 is unrepresentable, because, in both one's and two's complement, the range of allowed integers is -2 to 1

arugulan.bsky.social•166 days ago

we're using 2s now bro keep up

degalaman.com•166 days ago

My bad.
3 is expressed as 20 in unsigned ternary

degalaman.com•166 days ago

*10 not 20.
20 is 6 decimal.
I’m bad at math.

jackpederson.bsky.social•166 days ago

you jest but this is essentially what ternary operations are and we would use them more but they're too hard :/

timpanogosslim.bsky.social•166 days ago

The soviets actually had some trinary computers back in the day

ackthp.bsky.social•166 days ago

We will never have world peace until we all adopt balanced ternary numerals.

bushkuhl.bsky.social•166 days ago

If you ask me Silicon Valley has been making number 2s for years. And by number 2s I mean stinky doo doos. Because they have been doing bad at their products. If you catch my meaning.

joemag.games•166 days ago

themailerdemon.bsky.social•166 days ago

0 = off
1 = on
2 = a secret third thing

sdirge.bsky.social•166 days ago

I’ll sign up for this newletter

c17-h25-n.bsky.social•166 days ago

i’ve actually thought about this before and unfortunately the amount of kinds of gates you would need would go from 6 to 726

davidingram.bsky.social•166 days ago

Who does number 2 work for?

kylekaybee.bsky.social•166 days ago

jesus christ boy, what did you eat

morganrulzokay.bsky.social•166 days ago

They actually did that in the Soviet Union

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun

holliswhelan.bsky.social•166 days ago

this is kind of what quantum computing is 🤷

jennitro.bsky.social•166 days ago

lordstrange.bsky.social•166 days ago

A base 3-based world is something so you-based, get secret base on that asap

siafu11.bsky.social•166 days ago

Unironically, this is more or less how an MLC SSD works. They went all the way up to 3! (if you consider 1 voltage level = 1 number)

palmereldritch.bsky.social•166 days ago

Why don't chips use Roman numerals? Laziness on the part of the manufacturers, pure and simple.

kymiera.bsky.social•166 days ago

this is what they took from us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun

halfnite.bsky.social•166 days ago

Wait until you hear about the number A

nodanaonlyjules.bsky.social•166 days ago

If they start with 2, soon enough they'll move to 3 and 4. Where will it end?!

thundorio.bsky.social•166 days ago

5. By 6, it'll be routine so they'll never get there.

davhinojosa.bsky.social•166 days ago

I know this is a shitpost Jon, but you just described quantum computing

liamtransdemon.bsky.social•166 days ago

Wait, I thought quantum computing was just adding the number 2 in there

anti-haxer.bsky.social•166 days ago

classiccastles.bsky.social•166 days ago

You absolute fool, just get rid of 1 and you made Tech infinitely efficient.

urbanista01.bsky.social•166 days ago

Wait, there's still visionaries in tech?

wendyreed.bsky.social•166 days ago

They never address the energy drain of AI re climate change. Why does a Google search INSIST on running an AI response for every simple search? It's a waste of precious electricity and won't let me opt out.

nellieo.bsky.social•166 days ago

If you add "-ai" to your search terms, you won't get the AI overview.

wendyreed.bsky.social•166 days ago

Oh brilliant! The best gift I'll get this year. Thank you so much!

kirisaki.moe.observer•166 days ago

Technically, ternary CAM is already used in computer caches

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-addressable_memory

thisilove.bsky.social•166 days ago

What about 6 minute abs?

jefffeldstein.bsky.social•166 days ago

Why not integrate the Kabbalah into tech? 3 and 7 are pretty powerful prime integers.

witzkers.bsky.social•166 days ago

It’s time to boldly move into the 2-ture

ericleitzen.bsky.social•166 days ago

davebudd.bsky.social•166 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer#:~:text=A%20ternary%20computer%2C%20also%20called,base%202)%20in%20its%20calculations.

degalaman.com•166 days ago

Why use number 2 instead of -1?

tychon.dev•166 days ago

Alas, some engineers struggle with imagination and the numbers near it.

wyx.gay•166 days ago

what's very fun is ternary computers are a real thing, and probably a big reason why quantum computers are gonna go wild with it

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

davidryan.bsky.social•166 days ago

Or not.

jasserole.bsky.social•166 days ago

the communists tried that

maxpolun.com•166 days ago

Malbolge is the next hot technology, mark my words.

crappyoats.bsky.social•166 days ago

We’ve been trying for a while brother, the technology is just beyond us

shabbydude.bsky.social•166 days ago

Can't move past binary code without try-nary code! I'll see myself out.

lawnguyland.bsky.social•166 days ago

we'll call it trinary

realvelvetmilkman.bsky.social•166 days ago

trinary code. it's been staring us in the face this whole time

drnugget.bsky.social•166 days ago

trinary. amazing

glowrunner.bsky.social•166 days ago

i hacked into the code of your post and found nothing but 1s and 0s, jon. are you ceding the future to the competition?

pharmesq.bsky.social•166 days ago

But imagine if we went the other way. How much time and electricity we save if we got rid of all the redundant ones and just use all the zeros.

wewantarock.bsky.social•165 days ago

Big tech already turned everything to number 2.

roberts-rants.bsky.social•166 days ago

🤣🤣

danielfennelly.com•166 days ago

This is a funny joke and also a real area of computer science research (Not necessarily hot, but real nonetheless)

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

nickyrivers.bsky.social•166 days ago

Bro wants ternary computers

zell2036.com•166 days ago

All I want for christmas is a ternary computer

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