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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by realitista@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the detail that there alien has 4(10) fingers as opposed to the 10(22) that the human has.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Now I get the joke.

Thanks!

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Based.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Can we all use base 12?

It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.

[–] ted@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

42* years. Centuries are now 84 years. We are living in the 19th century! I rate this idea 12/12.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some people argue that it would be harder to count on your fingers but we could just surgically give everyone more?

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are 12 sections on your fingers (excluding your thumb) you then use your thumb to count to 12 on one hand.

Two hands can allow you to count to 24. Which is way higher than 10. Base 12 is better!

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Binary’s the way. 1023 with 10 fingers

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

50 years? I bet we couldn't even agree on how to write "11" & "12" on such short notice. (See: date format, encoding, etc)

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well we write 12 like this: 10

It's easy

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

oops I mean "10" & "11"