realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoOk then. In english, what would you call 4 in a base-4 system?
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoquad would be the formal root, so something based that, you could do a french thing where you go “half octal” you could just not use it because it’s a crime against humanity, and the joke here is dependent on the specific telling of the statement.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSo, when you see 10 in base-4, you’d say “Quad”?
Ok then. In english, what would you call 4 in a base-4 system?
quad would be the formal root, so something based that, you could do a french thing where you go “half octal” you could just not use it because it’s a crime against humanity, and the joke here is dependent on the specific telling of the statement.
So, when you see 10 in base-4, you’d say “Quad”?