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A photo of a cake with 8 candles in a row. The first and fifth candle from the right are lit. The caption reads "Happy 17th Birthday"

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Now that you mention it it is pretty fucky, but in every textbook thats tried to teach me counting in binary its gone from right to left.

[-] illpillow@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Same here. University told me the lowest bit is on the right, the highest on the left. Never questioned it.

[-] RustySharp@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

In kindergarten I was taught when reading the number 123, the lowest digit is on the right, and the highest on the left. Never questioned it either.

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