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10 is arbitrary, but it's also the base chosen for our counting system. You can use hexadecimal numbers if you wish. "He's B6 cm tall." I have found this, whi
by Symbiote 1y ago
10 is arbitrary, but it's also the base chosen for our counting system.
You can use hexadecimal numbers if you wish. "He's B6 cm tall."
I have found this, which seems neat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi-binary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi-binary
So he's ki-ba cm tall.
- saalweachter 1y agoUgg, that naming system is the worst I've ever seen. It's like it's asking for you to mis-hear numbers. Use a range of consonants!
- tempestn 1y agoThe topic of this thread is why the base 10 number system is less than optimal, and a different base would be better. Obviously having to convert to other bases when we use a base 10 system normally is inconvenient, but that's not the point.