this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
325 points (99.4% liked)

xkcd

8616 readers
11 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

https://xkcd.com/2835

Alt text:

So what do we do when we get to base 10? Do we use A, B, C, etc? No: Numbers larger than about 3.6 million are simply illegal.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Trail@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well I didn't say practical or efficient, it's just a cool idea :)