Arnd Layer5d ago

I think that us using #base10 is suboptimal. #base2 / #base16, #base12 or #base60 would be the better choice - sorry to all the cultures that had to switch. But switching now would not work. Maybe a visit by technologically superior aliens would work.im not sure.

#innovatorsDilemma

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I came across a functioning coder today asking if a kilogram was 1000 or 1024 grams. Yes they did ask, yes they verified, yes they accepted 1000 grams. I swear ten thousand years in the future some fucker will 'oops, black hole!' 'cos they began in comp sci and learned kilo = 1024 first and NOBODY WILL CATCH IT. Humanity will be WIPED OUT because YOU LOT KEPT THIS SHIT UP.

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Show threadSilver ArrowsMar 1
#memes #base4 #base10 #decimal #nerdjokes #mathsjokes #funny
Petri SalmelaOct 31

Miksi nörteillä menee Halloween ja Joulu sekaisin?
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31oct=25dec

#base8 #base10

FaintdreamsSep 5, 2024

Wait -Danish doesn't use base 10 * !?
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:: cries in Dyscalcula ::

[*not that base 10 is superior or anything, but it's what I already know.
I only have so much Brain Ram for numbers as a concept 😞 ]

#Danish #Base10 #Dyscalculia

le blouch hervéJul 31, 2024

Je cherchais des différences entre différents systèmes de numération et j'ai remarqué que la répartition des nombres premiers était la même entre le système octal et le système décimal: http://herveleblouch.free.fr/vev/index.php/R%C3%A9partition_des_nombres_premiers_dans_les_syst%C3%A8mes_de_num%C3%A9ration

Je trouve ça fou!1!
Est ce que c'était connu des sciences mathématiques ça??

#mathematics #prime_numbers #maths #nombres_premiers #base10 #Base8

Répartition des nombres premiers dans les systèmes de numération - Vev

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥May 30, 2024
@NanoRaptor I should say: Base 9+1. We should always say “base x+1”, because anything else is presumptive. #base10 #math #maths #mathematics
setebosMay 24, 2024
#base10 #dev #it
LeRoy MillerOct 1, 2023

Can you image if clocks (which use base 60 numbers) would display the time in base60 ->

IE: It's 16:15:00 UTC which would be G:F:0 UTC in base60

I need to head to the store - it's GF LOL. Yeah I can see why that wouldn't have taken off.

#Time #Clock #Base10 #Base60

Adamas NemesisAug 12, 2021

From base-12 to base-60 and everything in between, moving beyond our own base-10 number system can spice up anyone's worldbuilding.

Read more at my blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2021/08/12/worldbuilding-number-systems/

This post's featured image is "Base 10 versus Base 12 parchment" by Adamas Nemesis, a.k.a. me!

#numbersystems #base10 #base12 #base60 #numbers #mathematics #sciencefiction #scifi #spaceopera #worldbuilding #blog

Worldbuilding Number Systems, Adamas Nemesis

One of the most fun aspects of worldbuilding is constructing new aspects of every society, to make the world new again, as I have enjoyed recently in my...

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FiXato (fallback)Jun 22, 2020

Just watched an excellent video #TomScott did for #Numberphile about 5 years ago, on #numbers in #language: https://youtu.be/l4bmZ1gRqCc ("58 and other confusing numbers")
Really interesting to see it from a #linguistics POV, and I never realised #base10 was far from the only commonly used base system.

#TodayILearned #TIL #languages #communication #StarTrek #Klingon

58 and other Confusing Numbers - Numberphile

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