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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Plot twist: there are 8 other stones and the alien is really using base 10 (or base 30 if you use base 4)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

base 10 (in decimal) is expressed as "22" in base 4. 2*4 + 2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If there are 8 more stones...

Hate to explain my joke but I used yet another base