ah right, thanks
Comment on Every base is base 10
chellomere@lemmy.world 1 month agoNo, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Comment on Every base is base 10
chellomere@lemmy.world 1 month agoNo, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B
ah right, thanks
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 month ago
Dude’s out here trying to get us to use base 13.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why not?
Why not use a large prime as the base?
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 month ago
Honnest answer, 1/2 in DEC is 0.5 easy. 1/2 in base 13 is .6666666666… Easy but ugly. You want a base that has comon fractions easily represented by decimals. People like dozenal since many fractions are easily represented. 1/2 = 0.6, 1/3 = 0.4, 1/4 = 0.3
I’m personally a fan of hexidecimal partly because I’m a programmer and partially because it can be halved several times
unreasonabro@lemmy.world 1 month ago
it’s almost like you’d have to use a different notation system to express a different base…
bisby@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Is 1/2 in base 13 not 0.65?
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ahh yes, let’s introduce floating point rounding errors for one half. Sounds fun.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Lets use base Pi and put an end to that infinite digit bullshit.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why use a fixed base? Or why not use an irrational number like e, the most efficient base
marcos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I still think some largish prime, like 37 hits the perfect spot of being usable enough for people to use, but still useless enough to stop almost everybody from learning any advanced math.
But yeah, making integrals non-representable is a serious trade-off that deserves consideration.