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Polynesians may have beat computers to using binary Ars Technica A new paper in PNAS performs an analysis of a Polynesian culture's language, and it concludes that its speakers developed a mixed decimal/binary system. The researchers then go on to argue that the inclusion of binary made certain math operations much … Polynesians Used Binary Long Before Europeans Polynesians May Have Invented Binary Math Early Polynesians used binary to ease mental arithmetic |
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