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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.

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[–] fantoski@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's the point of such a system ?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hum... Have you checked what site it's on?