ah right, thanks
Comment on Every base is base 10
chellomere@lemmy.world 1 year agoNo, 12 in base 12 is 10, not C. But yes, 10 can be A and 11 can be B
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Comment on Every base is base 10
chellomere@lemmy.world 1 year 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 year ago
Dude’s out here trying to get us to use base 13.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why not?
Why not use a large prime as the base?
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 year 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 year ago
it’s almost like you’d have to use a different notation system to express a different base…
bisby@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is 1/2 in base 13 not 0.65?
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahh yes, let’s introduce floating point rounding errors for one half. Sounds fun.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Lets use base Pi and put an end to that infinite digit bullshit.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why use a fixed base? Or why not use an irrational number like e, the most efficient base
marcos@lemmy.world 1 year 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.