(MeowChow) Re2: (OT) Metapuzzle

[MeowChow]

in reply to Re: (OT) Metapuzzle
in thread (OT) Hofstadter Metapuzzle

Sorry, we're counting digits. Otherwise the puzzle wouldn't be one :)

   MeowChow                                   
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[Aristotle]

Drop one "number of X is" and it still would be. :-)
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[MeowChow]

I'll take X = 1, thankyouverymuch.

   MeowChow                                   
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[rsteinke]

I think that the solution's unique in binary. Can't see how to prove it, though.