▲ 542 ▼ base 10 (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (4 children) So should I be saying base 9+1? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] A_A@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children) for that one alien, you may say : "base 3 + 3 + 3 + 1" For universal other sentient beings, say : "base 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) "I'm 16, but in base 1, I'm 10000000000000000 years old. My ID just needs to be updated." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_A@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago Since in base 2 you have two numerals that are (0, 1) ... Then, in base 1 you would have only one numeral. if it was (1) then you could write : ( , 1, 11, 111, ...) With a sign (-) for negative numbers : ( ..., -111, -11, -1, , 1, 11, 111, ... ) permalink fedilink source parent [–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago I think the best way I've seen was to just poke the number of holes in the dirt or draw a picture, labeling them until you get to your base switching moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_A@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children) for that one alien, you may say : "base 3 + 3 + 3 + 1" For universal other sentient beings, say : "base 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) "I'm 16, but in base 1, I'm 10000000000000000 years old. My ID just needs to be updated." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_A@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago Since in base 2 you have two numerals that are (0, 1) ... Then, in base 1 you would have only one numeral. if it was (1) then you could write : ( , 1, 11, 111, ...) With a sign (-) for negative numbers : ( ..., -111, -11, -1, , 1, 11, 111, ... ) permalink fedilink source parent [–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago I think the best way I've seen was to just poke the number of holes in the dirt or draw a picture, labeling them until you get to your base switching moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) "I'm 16, but in base 1, I'm 10000000000000000 years old. My ID just needs to be updated." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_A@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago Since in base 2 you have two numerals that are (0, 1) ... Then, in base 1 you would have only one numeral. if it was (1) then you could write : ( , 1, 11, 111, ...) With a sign (-) for negative numbers : ( ..., -111, -11, -1, , 1, 11, 111, ... ) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_A@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago Since in base 2 you have two numerals that are (0, 1) ... Then, in base 1 you would have only one numeral. if it was (1) then you could write : ( , 1, 11, 111, ...) With a sign (-) for negative numbers : ( ..., -111, -11, -1, , 1, 11, 111, ... ) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago I think the best way I've seen was to just poke the number of holes in the dirt or draw a picture, labeling them until you get to your base switching moment. permalink fedilink source parent
