realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squaressj2marx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou gotta tell the alien that you use base-22
minus-squareC126@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBase 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20
minus-squarebesbin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou forgot to count 0. The alien should write 4 as 10, not 4.
minus-squaressj2marx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agopretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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
You forgot to count 0. The alien should write 4 as 10, not 4.
That’s base 5.
No it’s base 10
pretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
just as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4.
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