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minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago 8 rocks would be 二四 in base 4 ok but what about 16? there’s symbols for powers of 10 but not for powers of 4
minus-squareSuperApples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours ago16 might break it… 四四 makes no sense as 十十 makes no sense… you’d write 百 (100) instead. And you get the same problem each time you go higher. You’d need base 4 equivalents of 100 = 百, 1,000 = 千, 10,000 = 万, 100,000,000 = 億,. Hmm, on the other hand you can have 十万 (100,000), so why not 四四 (16)? What’s 20, though…
ok but what about 16? there’s symbols for powers of 10 but not for powers of 4
16 might break it… 四四 makes no sense as 十十 makes no sense… you’d write 百 (100) instead.
And you get the same problem each time you go higher.
You’d need base 4 equivalents of 100 = 百, 1,000 = 千, 10,000 = 万, 100,000,000 = 億,.
Hmm, on the other hand you can have 十万 (100,000), so why not 四四 (16)? What’s 20, though…