Can you old guys do math?

[OttoMan]

In what dimension is 52 - 34 = 14???
Should be 52 - 34 = 18

That's in a liberal world, i.e. 2+2=1

 

[Shotgun Surgery]

That's in a liberal world, i.e. 2+2=1

In base 3, 2+2 would = 11. That's pretty close.

 

[GFB]

What is base 6 used in?

 

[Shotgun Surgery]

What is base 6 used in?

The minds of people with too much time on their hands. I don't, off the top of my head, know of a conventional use for base 6. Base 2 is obviously used extensively in computer hardware, and for that matter so too is base 16 for software. We use a quasi base-60 system for measuring time. Like I've already said, I myself am not aware of what, if any, conventional uses for base 6 there are.

For various reasons, base 6 is overall more efficient than base 10. However, the world is so invested into base 10 than the inconvenience of switching to a new base system heavily outweighs the real but minor benefits of using base 6 instead of base 10.

 

[BIKER13]

Moove along nothing to see here

 

[gh1950]

What is base 6 used in?

People who have lost an arm, only have one hand to count on.

 

[User170512]

People who have lost an arm, only have one hand to count on.

Best use of base 6 ever...lol

 

[buellbrewer]

i might have lost interest till i saw the word 'sex' but that imal on the tailend lost me again

 

[Shotgun Surgery]

People who have lost an arm, only have one hand to count on.

Best use of base 6 ever...lol

An interesting advantage of base six is that on 10 (decimal) fingers you can count to 35 (decimal) instead of only to.. well.. 10. With one hand you go between 0-5, and on the other hand you hold the tens (seximal, in decimal it would be 6).

 

[GFB]

An interesting advantage of base six is that on 10 (decimal) fingers you can count to 35 (decimal) instead of only to.. well.. 10. With one hand you go between 0-5, and on the other hand you hold the tens (seximal, in decimal it would be 6).

Got it. Hold the seximal in the other hand. I’ll give it a shot.