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  • Ech@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzEvery base is base 10
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    1 month ago

    I think that would confuse things more than it would help. It’s base 5, unless it’s base 10, unless it’s base 50, etc. And then there’s the rules designating numbers 1 below certain other numbers, or 2 below, depending on the system being used. That’s a whole web of complications when communication is already murky.

    One glyph to one integer communicates the number system being used more clearly.


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    It’s only 15 to us because we use base 10 (or 9+1). Like how we have 4 through 9, but that aliens in the picture only count up to 3.

    In the case of a mismatch, the culture using the higher base would just translate down (Base 21+1 in the given scenario).

    Single units would probably be the simplest method, but also wildly impractical as the base gets higher. You really want to count each digit just to figure out someone uses Base 100?