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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we had 8 fingers, or 3 fingers, or 15 fingers, we would still be using base 10. It's just that the value of "10" would be different each time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Took me a bit but indeed. I love this fact now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's the classic 'there are 10 types of people...' joke, but for a number system other than binary