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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

But the extra numeral that you're representing with X would be base 11. It's like how hexadecimal uses A-F for 10-15. But the range of numerals still ends at 15 instead of 16 because the 0 exists.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

you're conflating number systems. in this number system the positioning doesn't assign value. that's like saying Roman numerals are base 1001 because M.

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