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minus-squareAlien Surfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoBrilliant. Now if we only used base 12 numbering system, things would be even easier to halve.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoBase 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 years agoBase 16 is only divisible by a single prime, just a fancy name for base 2.
Brilliant. Now if we only used base 12 numbering system, things would be even easier to halve.
Base 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
Base 16 is only divisible by a single prime, just a fancy name for base 2.