IO 😇@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agobase 10lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagebase 10lemmy.blahaj.zoneIO 😇@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIO 😇@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agobase 4 has just 4 digits: 0,1,2,3 so counting goes likes this: 0 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 20 and so on. since what we call 4 is written as 10 to the alien, the alien calls base 4 base 10
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoSo then we would tell the alien we use base 21?
base 4 has just 4 digits: 0,1,2,3
so counting goes likes this:
0 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 20 and so on.
since what we call 4 is written as 10 to the alien, the alien calls base 4 base 10
Thanks :)
So then we would tell the alien we use base 21?
Yes 22 would make sense to the alien.