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minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoBase 16 is typically represented with letters being used as the extra numerals, so it would end up being F+1. Problem solved.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agowhat about numbers larger than 16?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-21 year 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
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-up5·1 year agothis is exactly what i was trying to get at
minus-squareharmsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOr use ancient scripts like Phoenician or Glagolitic.
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?
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
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.