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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by jjnoakes on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:20PM (#17377471)
I mean

    1 dec == 1 unit (1x1^0)
    2 dec == 11 unit (1x1^0 + 1x1^1)
    3 dec == 111 unit (1x1^0 + 1x1^1 + 1x1^2)
etc. Just like the other bases, with "1" instead of "2" or "10".

Well, maybe not "just like", the digit I have to use to represent each power of 1 is 1 and not 0, but I think that's a small concession.

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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by gowld on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:26PM (#17377524)
That's not a "base". In base-n, the valid digits are 0..[n-1].

In your system, 1 = 10 = 100 = 1000, and 11 == 101 = 110, and 101 = 1+1 = 11. It's useless as a notation for arithmetic resembling like what bases are used for.

In base 1, the only valid digit is 0, so the only valid number is unit.

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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by jjnoakes on Friday June 22, 2018 @10:31PM (#17379151)
Right, I addressed that in my post...
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Re:Seximal: A better way to count [video] by hahahihi on Friday June 22, 2018 @11:45PM (#17379428)
writing ten like 1111111111 seems obvious enough, dividing by 11111 being 11 is alsof easy... but how fractions? Say 1 divided by 11111? I cant even imagine.
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