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[–] 6 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I kinda want a hexadecimal version of the metric system.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

    In hex:

    10 mm = 1cm
    100cm = 1m
    1000m = 1km
    1km - 1m = FFFm = 0.FFFkm

    Still works fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    Wouldn't it be

    • 0xA mm = 0x1 cm
    • 0x64 cm = 0x1 m
    • 0x3E8 m = 0x1 km
    • 0x1 km - 0x1 m = 0x3E7 m = 0x3E7/0x3E8 km = 0x0.FFBE76C8B4395810624D... km

    Edit: nvm I see what you mean, but then we should change the units too, to something like xmm, xcm etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Measurement system doesn't have anything to do with numerical base. You can use any base with any system.

    16m = Fm

    which is pretty ass if you ask me

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    The biggest problem is that if you're still using numbers that are designed for base 10 it'll look messy no matter how you cut it. Hexadecimal is an approximation.

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