this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
62 points (81.6% liked)

Memes

45741 readers
965 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Use binary. You can count super high on your fingers, arithmetic is as easy as it gets. Binary is the best number system.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Nah, readability is low and you can't divide by three OR five easily. Binary has even fewer prime factors than decimal.