Ternary computing uses -1, 0, and 1 instead of just 0 and 1, and for a brief moment in the 1950s, it looked like it could redefine how we build computers. A Soviet team even built a working ternary machine called Setun. So why did the world choose binary? And could ternary still make a comeback? Sources, transcript and more available on 🟣 Subscribe for more deep dives into strange tech, forgotten history, and curious ideas in computing. ▶️ This video is part of a series called "The Weird and the Wired" You can find the whole playlist here 🟣 Social media: - X - TikTok @codeolences - Reddit - Instagram - Website