This implies that they are actually "speaking" in text, because over actual speech 10 said in base 10 would be "ten" and 10 said in base 2 would be "one zero", i.e. not ambiguous at all.

[–] python@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's no rule saying that you can't pronounce 10 in binary as ten.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

thank you for giving me a great torture idea for all my IT adjacent friends, from now on i'll be pronouncing all binary as if it were one number (up until i can't be bothered anymore)

[–] marduk 2 points 2 days ago

"My subnet mask is set to eleven million, one hundred eleven thousand, one hundred eleven dot eleven million, one hundred eleven thousand, one hundred eleven dot eleven million, one hundred eleven thousand, one hundred eleven dot zero"