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What are some superior number systems to the 10 digit system, and why?

>> No.12669555

>>12669547
The binary -illion naming system. Instead of calling 10^6 a million, call 10^6 a hundred thousand.
10^1 = ten
10^2 = a hundred
10^3 = ten hundred
10^4 = a thousand
10^5 = ten thousand
10^6 = a hundred thousand
10^7 = ten hundred thousand
And only introduce new names when the exponent is a power of two. So 10^16 is a billion and 10^32 is a trillion.

>> No.12669559

>>12669555
I get behind this

>> No.12669698

base prime

>> No.12670677

>>12669698
kek

>> No.12670690
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12670690

>>12669547
Hexadecimal

>> No.12670700

>>12669547
base 60
Sumerians knew the truth
it's so much more intuitive than base 10

>> No.12670702

>>12669547
Obviously [math] \infty [/math] base system, literally any number is just r[math]\infty [/math] which makes sums easy, subtractions can be done by simply collecting the R and subtracting those.

>> No.12670712

>>12669547
Base 2 is the only system that isn't garbage

>> No.12671313

>>12669547
unary, because you can just plop numbers down in any order

>> No.12671369

>>12671313
You mean piss down numbers?

>> No.12672012

Pinary

>> No.12672024

>>12669547
0-ary
Everything is already written in 0-ary so you don't even need to write anything.

>> No.12672167

>>12669547
anything with more prime factors is superior because it has less repeating decimals.
>>12670712
base 2 can't express 1/10th as a finite decimal.

>> No.12672422

>>12672024
>nullnary
But
That would be impossible

>> No.12673282

>>12670690
this

>> No.12673287

>>12670712
base 2i is fun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quater-imaginary_base

>> No.12673288

>>12672167
>can't express
every base has those

>> No.12673295

>>12669547

Base e.

e was the only number that God intended to be exponentiated.

>> No.12673310

>>12673288
Homework: prove this for any N base, N being a non zero natural.

>> No.12673312

>>12670690
unironically this
or base 32, around the limit for human working memory

>> No.12674627

>>12669547
assuming you want a non-meme answer, consider this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_highly_composite_number

>> No.12674635

Base 10 is the only possible base

>> No.12674642

>>12669555
So 1,268,138,935,789 would be one thousand million, twenty-six hundred million, eighty-one million, thirty-eight hundred thousand, ninety-three thousand, fifty-seven hundred and eighty-nine. Autistic

>> No.12675234

>>12674635
You don't sound very based

>> No.12675240

Base 12.

>> No.12675342

>>12673288
some bases can express more than others, illiterate retard

>> No.12675583

>>12672422
Kekd

>> No.12675588

>>12669547
There aren't. Humans normally have 10 feet fingers

>> No.12675594

12 is better in all ways and has no downsides as its not hard to handle like higher bases would be

>> No.12675867

>>12669547
Base 6

>> No.12676589

>>12675342
>more
inf=inf
so stfu