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base 10 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 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"

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  • [–] 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."

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  • [–] 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, ... )

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