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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBase 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoBase 16 is only divisible by a single prime, just a fancy name for base 2.
Base 12 is better than base 10, but base 16, aka Hexadecimal is better still.
Why? (genuine question)
Base 16 is only divisible by a single prime, just a fancy name for base 2.