realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1imageEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squaressj2marx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoYou gotta tell the alien that you use base-22
minus-squareC126@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down13·1 month agoBase 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20
minus-squaressj2marx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month agopretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agojust as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4. 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 20 21 22
You gotta tell the alien that you use base-22
Base 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20
pretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
That’s base 5.
No it’s base 10
just as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4.
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