realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1800
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minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoBase 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agowhat about numbers larger than 16?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoWe’ve got base 64, though it doesn’t quite follow the convention of starting with digits and following up with letters: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agowhat about numbers after 64? comment OP and i were trying to come up with a universal rule which we did in his response to my first comment
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThere are still 20 more letters that can be used as stand-ins. Things will get interesting if you try to go past Base 36, though.
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agothis is exactly what i was trying to get at
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoOr use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.
Base 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
what about numbers larger than 16?
We’ve got base 64, though it doesn’t quite follow the convention of starting with digits and following up with letters:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
what about numbers after 64? comment OP and i were trying to come up with a universal rule which we did in his response to my first comment
There are still 20 more letters that can be used as stand-ins. Things will get interesting if you try to go past Base 36, though.
this is exactly what i was trying to get at
Make up a new symbol?
Or use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.