What letter do you use for 789431?
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Two possible solutions to this:
- Always use a single digit for the base. Examples: binary is base 2, decimal is base A (because A=10 in bases higher than decimal), hexadecimal is base G.
- Use the highest digit plus one. Examples: binary is base 1+1, decimal is base 9+1, hexadecimal is base F+1.
… or we just continue to agree that bases are always written in
base 10decimal unless specified otherwise. By the way, how does the alien speak English?
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science@lemmy.world•Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollutionEnglish
2312·2 days ago(I only read the title)
Pretty damn obvious. Yes, it needed to be tested and verified experimentally, but… well, I really mean no offense, but why is this worth sharing?
From my limited understanding, the PS3’s architecture is actually very different from PCs and modern consoles. From a developer’s perspective, it was very different to make games for it, its capabilities and strengths and weaknesses were just different. So it’s no surprise that its games have a certain look and feel to them.
The PS4 and later, OTOH, is a more standard PC architecture which means iterative improvements and less difference between generations.
Disclaimer: didn’t fact-check any of this, would appreciate replies correcting mistakes
What are you talking about? The photo quality is great. It’s not studio quality, but calling it potato quality would make the actually bad photos… what’s worse than potato? Hamster wheel quality?
Calling this photo “potato quality” is the same as calling the 360 and the PS3 “retro consoles”.
I think you misread a word there
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•electricity is honestly eldritchEnglish
10·4 days agoThe dose makes the poison!
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•At what point is liking childrens toys sad?
5·5 days agobut it’s okay again at 22
Thanks. I think the user who replied to me is the one with no idea that they’re talking about. No way of measuring it comes close to 14.
All I see is a bed with an extra pillow.
A bit late, but the moon does not make “almost exactly 13 laps”. Info from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month
If going by phases of the moon (synodic month), it makes 12.37 laps in a year. Not close to a round number.
If going by position in the sky relative to the stars (sidereal month), it makes 13.37 laps - one more than the former measure, because of Earth’s year cancelling out one month.
There are also other ways to measure it, but none of them get anywhere close to an integer number per year.
Then please explain how the Hebrew calendar, and all other lunisolar calendars (calendars which follow both the solar year and the lunar cycle) have 12 months most years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar
“The majority of years have twelve months but every second or third year is an embolismic year, which adds a thirteenth intercalary, embolismic, or leap month.”
It makes 12 months because the lap the Earth makes is deducted from the 13 the moon makes, so effectively it makes 12 cycles around the Earth.
FM radio.
To be honest, I mostly don’t listen to music. I do have a subscription to Spotify but I don’t really use it. I’m not cancelling it because I’m on a Duo plan with my dad and he uses it a lot, really getting his money’s worth.
So the only time I do listen to music is while driving, and then I just turn on the radio. (I also don’t drive very often, I mostly use public transport.)
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•"Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?
42·10 days agoThat’s hardly relevant. All I’m saying is that this label is not a “blatant lie” like this thread calls for, it means something and it’s regulated.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•"Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?
72·10 days agoIIRC there is a legally defined set of criteria to call foodstuffs organic. It does mean something, but if has nothing to do with chemistry’s definition of organic.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•what happens when you cut something?
2·14 days agoI think so, but if I’m honest, there’s a chance I’m just imagining it 😅







It’s a good idea, but it’s not backwards-compatible with the system already in use.