The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days agoI think they just mean base 12. So “10” isn’t ten, it’s 1 * 121 + 0 * 120; xyz is x * 122 + y * 121 + z * 120. Like sixteen in hex is 10 (commonly written 0x10, to differentiate it from decimal 10) Edit: oof, my client is trying to be clever with the mathematical writing and bungling it, I’ll try to fix… Hmm, hope that makes it better not worse
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoExactly. I am trying to describe a duodecimal number system without using a decimal number system. “Ten” is a single-digit number. “Eleven” is a single digit number. “10” is pronounced “Twelve”.
I think they just mean base 12. So “10” isn’t ten, it’s 1 * 121 + 0 * 120; xyz is x * 122 + y * 121 + z * 120.
Like sixteen in hex is 10 (commonly written 0x10, to differentiate it from decimal 10)
Edit: oof, my client is trying to be clever with the mathematical writing and bungling it, I’ll try to fix… Hmm, hope that makes it better not worse
Exactly. I am trying to describe a duodecimal number system without using a decimal number system. “Ten” is a single-digit number. “Eleven” is a single digit number. “10” is pronounced “Twelve”.