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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 6 months ago (15 children)

Octal is base 8. Decimal is base A. Hexadecimal is base G. Any questions?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 34 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Jesus Christ.

I just realized that we call binary base2 and there's no 2 in that numbering system. We call hexadecimal base16 but there's no 16 (at least not like we know it). But then why is base10 base10? We have a 10...but it's not a single digit number.

Why is this reminding me of Project Hail Mary?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

because then every base would be 'base 10'

That or the decriarchy has been normalizing the decimal counting system as the default one for far too long!

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