23 lines
1.3 KiB
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23 lines
1.3 KiB
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#+title: Number bases
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#&summary
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This is fairly serious.
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#&
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#+license: cc0
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| Base | Description |
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| u-nary | the always true base |
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| bi-nary | the somewhat true base |
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| tri-nary | hipster binary ("binary is so mainstream") |
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| revolutio-nary | trinary instead of binary |
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| counterrevolutio-nary | binary |
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| imagi-nary | unary imagined to be useful |
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| visio-nary | binary or trinary, depending on the person |
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| statio-nary | trinary or binary, depending on the person |
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| ordi-nary | base 10 ("this works, so why use something else?") |
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| extraordi-nary | base 11 |
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| veteri-nary | base 14 ("Tetra? Is that an animal?") |
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| no-nary | unary |
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| u-r-i-nary | binary (mind melt) |
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| evolutio-nary | base 60 |
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