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minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoBase 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoAll your base are belong to us
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoIt would be the digit representing a value of 16 (i.e. the amount of lines here: |||| |||| |||| ||||), if you’re talking about it from the perspective of a number system with base 17 (|||| |||| |||| |||| |) or higher.
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agowhat about numbers larger than 16?
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThere are still 20 more letters that can be used as stand-ins. Things will get interesting if you try to go past Base 36, though.
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agothis is exactly what i was trying to get at
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOr use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWe’ve got base 64, though it doesn’t quite follow the convention of starting with digits and following up with letters: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 months agowhat about numbers after 64? comment OP and i were trying to come up with a universal rule which we did in his response to my first comment
Base 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
Do you mean Base G?
All your base are belong to us
What the fuck is G?
It would be the digit representing a value of 16 (i.e. the amount of lines here: |||| |||| |||| ||||), if you’re talking about it from the perspective of a number system with base 17 (|||| |||| |||| |||| |) or higher.
what about numbers larger than 16?
There are still 20 more letters that can be used as stand-ins. Things will get interesting if you try to go past Base 36, though.
this is exactly what i was trying to get at
Make up a new symbol?
Or use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.
We’ve got base 64, though it doesn’t quite follow the convention of starting with digits and following up with letters:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
Base /+1 lol
what about numbers after 64? comment OP and i were trying to come up with a universal rule which we did in his response to my first comment