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by r00fus 5468 days ago
Exactly. I immediately thought it's an artifact of our base-10 system.
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polynomial 5468 days ago
except that it applies to any base-n system. It's an artifact of the underlying system, not the base value.
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r00fus 5468 days ago
What about base-e?
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orangecat 5468 days ago
That's just silly. On the other hand, base 2i would be very efficient: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quater-imaginary_base
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polynomial 5468 days ago
Really, why don't we have a transcendental numbering system? Also, I can't imagine it could make our financial markets any more irrational.
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