7 is 111 in binary. Not 1111. That's 15.
6 is 110 and 10 is 1010.
So. Err.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Thu 6 Feb 2020, 18:12,
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fucksocks. i realised I'd made an error but pasted over the wrong bit
still, the proof is solid. multiplying something by a binary value means adding double the value with every column, as the binary column represents 2. So his method is breaking one of the factors up into twos (converting to binary), with a handy method of rationalising this.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 6 Feb 2020, 23:05,
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