PIZNAYKO@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat a sweet time it was...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down111
arrow-up167arrow-down1imageWhat a sweet time it was...lemmy.worldPIZNAYKO@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarezitrone 🍋@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day ago2 makes sense assuming “age” means years since birth and “numbers” means digits, op would be younger than 8
minus-squaregreyhathero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoI mean it would have to be at least base 4 given the text.
minus-squarezitrone 🍋@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours ago1000₂ = 8₁₀ has 4 digits in base 2 111₂ = 7₁₀ has 3 digits in base 2
minus-squarecharokol@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoOof. When I first read this posts my mind was somehow reading “base 2” as “base 10” and I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what I was seeing. Sleep has made everything make sense
minus-squarezitrone 🍋@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoi mean base 10 is base 2 if you write the base as base 2
minus-squarecharokol@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoLet’s just say that’s what I was thinking
minus-squareM137@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI read it as days, so 2.73 years. Or months, 83.33 years. That thing where some mothers say “oh he/she’s X days/months old” for kids that are way beyond where that’s relevant.
Say what base right now
2 makes sense
assuming “age” means years since birth and “numbers” means digits, op would be younger than 8
I mean it would have to be at least base 4 given the text.
Why not 9?
1000₂ = 8₁₀ has 4 digits in base 2
111₂ = 7₁₀ has 3 digits in base 2
Oof. When I first read this posts my mind was somehow reading “base 2” as “base 10” and I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what I was seeing. Sleep has made everything make sense
i mean base 10 is base 2 if you write the base as base 2
Let’s just say that’s what I was thinking
I read it as days, so 2.73 years. Or months, 83.33 years.
That thing where some mothers say “oh he/she’s X days/months old” for kids that are way beyond where that’s relevant.