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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

Two point what?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago
[–] Dusktracer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

10 is actually only 2. The number of people misunderstanding binary here is mind blowing xD.

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[–] Lotarion@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I remember someone trying to come up with a solution to this by generating a name for every single base, dunno if they've succeeded or not tho

[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.cafe 4 points 5 months ago
  1. This is why I say "10" is not a number, it just means one big group and zero remainder.
  2. I am a huuuuge proponent of dozenal (base-12)
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