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<totally not sarcasm> we should teach children dozen-al math and program in balanced ternary</totally not sarcasm>

• waynecochran 10y ago
  12 is not a power of two though. Is there an easy way to convert to/from binary/dozenal?
  • Buttons840 10y ago
    Yes, it is possible to convert from any numeric base to any other numeric base. Why is 2 so special? Is it more important for humans to be able to calculate quantities in their head, or to be able to convert to obscure computer formats?
    • waynecochran 10y ago
      Of course you can convert between any two bases. It's trivial to convert between bases that are a power of two. I don't know of a trivial way to convert between base 12 and base 2. 2 is very special to computers -- that's the base they use.
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