@[email protected] to Science [email protected]English • 1 year agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up11.2K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoBase 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agothis is exactly what i was trying to get at
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoOr use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 year 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-squareEpheralinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoIt would be the digit representing a value of 16 (i.e. the amount of lines here: |||| |||| |||| ||||), if you’re talking about it from the perspective of a number system with base 17 (|||| |||| |||| |||| |) or higher.
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?
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.
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
Base /+1 lol
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
Do you mean Base G?
What the fuck is G?
It would be the digit representing a value of 16 (i.e. the amount of lines here: |||| |||| |||| ||||), if you’re talking about it from the perspective of a number system with base 17 (|||| |||| |||| |||| |) or higher.
All your base are belong to us