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Re:0.999...= 1 by j7ake on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:01AM (#23004696)
This can be solved by using base 12 rather than base 10 to do the calculation...
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Re:0.999...= 1 by makotoNagano on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:11AM (#23004765)
Firm believer that adopting base 12 would have had a ripple affect on society, preventing many trials tribulations and wars. Pity we only have base 10 and donald trump
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Re:0.999...= 1 by rrmm on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:15AM (#23004802)
base 12? Them are fighting words...I call WAR!
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Re:0.999...= 1 by makotoNagano on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:17AM (#23004821)
We haven't even started the Pi Tau argument yet
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