Comment on Every base is base 10

• exocrinous@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well we write 12 like this: 10

  It’s way y

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oops I mean “10” & “11”

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• problematicPanther@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  we could just go with the hexidecimal way and go with A,B,C for 10,11 and 12

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  • chellomere@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B

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    • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dude’s out here trying to get us to use base 13.

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      • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why not?

        Why not use a large prime as the base?

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    • problematicPanther@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ah right, thanks

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  • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s pretty confusing in algebra, maybe normal sentences too

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  • a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Over my dead body.

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• AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The current standard seems to be an upside down 2 and 3

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    An upsidedown 3 is just a 3…?

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    • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Rotated, not flipped.

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