Base 10 is not a good base

Re:Base 10 is not a good base by snvzz on Sunday April 14, 2024 @08:42PM (#40035883)

Base16 would have been great.

Base8 would have been workable.

Base10 is just crap. It is quite unfortunate how it is embedded in society now.

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by crisply5706 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @08:51PM (#40035938)

> It is quite unfortunate how it is embedded in society now.

It's been this way for a couple thousand years

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by DonHopkins on Sunday April 14, 2024 @08:58PM (#40035989)

A bit longer than that: a couple 1024 years, at least!

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by MBCook on Sunday April 14, 2024 @08:44PM (#40035891)

As long as we use base 10 numerals, using a base 10 system is going to make things real easy.

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by fragmede on Sunday April 14, 2024 @08:44PM (#40035892)

what about 12, or 60?

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by DonHopkins on Sunday April 14, 2024 @09:00PM (#40036000)

Maybe with the use of AI, humans can evolve to having 16 fingers!

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by timbit42 on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:14AM (#40041665)

First off, base 12 is better than base 16 and there would be no need for AI to evolve humans with 12 fingers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjmRNsPl1M

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Re:Base 10 is not a good base by timbit42 on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:15AM (#40041678)

Base12 is better than Base8 or Base16 because it's divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. Halves, thirds and quarters are handy.

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