metanohi/site/writings/number-bases.org

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