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minus-squareAlien Surfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoBrilliant. Now if we only used base 12 numbering system, things would be even easier to halve.
minus-squareTripleZ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhy stop at base 12. Let’s go base-60. Divisible by 2,3,4,5 and 6.
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoAll-in, let’s do base 210. Divisible by 2, 3, 5 and 7, covering all the small primes. And we can do even better: base-420 which is also divisible by 4 and a funnier number.
minus-squareAlien Surfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoBecause at some point the difficulty increases with regard to the number of symbols to memorize. A balance exists. I surmise it’s either 12 or 16.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year ago16 is not hard, we use it for hexadecimal all the time. Could as easily use base 32, if it’s a matter of memorizing symbols. Base 30 would be better overall: divisible by 1, 2, 3, 5, and everyone reading this knows more than 30 basic symbols (0-9,a-z).
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoBase 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year 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.
Why stop at base 12. Let’s go base-60. Divisible by 2,3,4,5 and 6.
All-in, let’s do base 210. Divisible by 2, 3, 5 and 7, covering all the small primes.
And we can do even better: base-420 which is also divisible by 4 and a funnier number.
Because at some point the difficulty increases with regard to the number of symbols to memorize. A balance exists. I surmise it’s either 12 or 16.
16 is not hard, we use it for hexadecimal all the time. Could as easily use base 32, if it’s a matter of memorizing symbols.
Base 30 would be better overall: divisible by 1, 2, 3, 5, and everyone reading this knows more than 30 basic symbols (0-9,a-z).
Base 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
Why? (genuine question)
Base 16 is only divisible by a single prime, just a fancy name for base 2.