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minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoEvery base is base 10 dumdum 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21…
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-218 hours agoThat’s true. It should really be referenced by the number before 10 (e.g. Base 9 for 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10).
minus-squarescrollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 hours agoWoah, I had never considered that. To think, all these years I was on the side of “initial index is 1.” I’ve unknowingly been using “initial index is 0,” since I started using numbers. oh-my-god-i-get-it-now.jpeg
Every base is base 10 dumdum
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21…
That’s true. It should really be referenced by the number before 10 (e.g. Base 9 for 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10).
Woah, I had never considered that. To think, all these years I was on the side of “initial index is 1.” I’ve unknowingly been using “initial index is 0,” since I started using numbers.
oh-my-god-i-get-it-now.jpeg