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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think there's any technical reason we can't count in base pi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty happy with being able to write integers in a finite number of digits. Wouldn't want to give that up.

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

Well we need an integer base number system....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"A base is usually a whole number bigger than 1, although non-integer bases are also mathematically possible."

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_(mathematics)

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

But it makes life harder

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

Not if you're mainly interested in counting multiples of pi.

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

nπ is much better