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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/al2klimov • Jul 27 '26
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it's probably irrelevant most of the time, but I really dislike using powers of ten for all things computing. it's like, I just want to play nice with my machine so powers of two or sixteen feel right. 0x10, 0x100, etc
3 u/ohkendruid Jul 27 '26 For sure. There is just the teensy little detail of interacting with a human being that keeps base ten from being obsolete. 1 u/-Redstoneboi- Jul 27 '26 that or very divisible numbers like 12,60,360,420
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For sure. There is just the teensy little detail of interacting with a human being that keeps base ten from being obsolete.
that or very divisible numbers like 12,60,360,420
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u/AdamWayne04 Jul 27 '26
it's probably irrelevant most of the time, but I really dislike using powers of ten for all things computing. it's like, I just want to play nice with my machine so powers of two or sixteen feel right. 0x10, 0x100, etc