realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down130
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minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agomore precisely, every base has 10, but it’s usually not equal to ten. ten is a fixed value, while 10 depends on the base. you still count normally (one two three four five), even in a base two system. you just write it differently.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf you are working in a different number system with other people ten loses its unique meaning just like any word that has another technical meaning. In code 0x10 is hex 10 (what you’d call sixteen), but in spoken technical English you don’t need to pronounce the 0x
more precisely, every base has 10, but it’s usually not equal to ten. ten is a fixed value, while 10 depends on the base. you still count normally (one two three four five), even in a base two system. you just write it differently.
If you are working in a different number system with other people ten loses its unique meaning just like any word that has another technical meaning.
In code 0x10 is hex 10 (what you’d call sixteen), but in spoken technical English you don’t need to pronounce the 0x