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You still have the challenge of choosing a base system. Remember we are base 10 simply because of biology. Our alien friends may be on a different number base
by trout 14y ago
You still have the challenge of choosing a base system. Remember we are base 10 simply because of biology. Our alien friends may be on a different number base because they have 7 fingers.
- simcop2387 14y agoIt ought to be possible to deal with that by enumerating each possible digit. And then showing a representation of some kind of fundamental concept like PI/TAU that's easy to make a diagram of. Each side shows their digits and their representation and at that point we can determine conversions between the bases.