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Re:How to choose? by vecter on Friday August 29, 2014 @03:36AM (#8241489)
Why are you posting examples in base 16? 4 divides 16 evenly, but I bet most people operate in base 10.

Say I have 7 children and I get a number 0-9. If the result is 8, how does doing 8 mod 7 help me at all?

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Re:How to choose? by lutusp on Friday August 29, 2014 @03:38AM (#8241493)
> Why are you posting examples in base 16?

I invite you to locate where I posted an example in base 16.

> Say I have 7 children and I get a number 0-9. If the result is 8, how does doing 8 mod 7 help me at all?

Use both digital watch digits that tally seconds, as in my example.

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