we could just go with the hexidecimal way and go with A,B,C for 10,11 and 12
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lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 months ago50 years? I bet we couldn’t even agree on how to write “11” & “12” on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 6 months ago
chellomere@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 months ago
Dude’s out here trying to get us to use base 13.
marcos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why not?
Why not use a large prime as the base?
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 6 months ago
ah right, thanks
MBM@lemmings.world 6 months ago
That’s pretty confusing in algebra, maybe normal sentences too
a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Over my dead body.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The current standard seems to be an upside down 2 and 3
lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 months ago
An upsidedown 3 is just a 3…?
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Rotated, not flipped.
exocrinous@startrek.website 6 months ago
Well we write 12 like this: 10
It’s way y
lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 months ago
oops I mean “10” & “11”