Post #2233274
2026-05-07 16:16 UTC
@benroyce@mastodon.social @A_Minion@mastodon.social @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social oh I am fascinated by alternate arithmetics. I have wondered whether there might not be general value in learning a range of arithmetic bases and getting familiar with all of them, rather like the benefits of knowing multiple languages. I've poked around a bit with memorizing the base-20 Kaktovik numerals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaktovik_numerals) and doing operations with them, but that's just a start
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 16:28
@mxchara@seattle.pink @A_Minion@mastodon.social @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social woah you ever come across people and they casually impress you that they're way smart? yeah you just did that a lot of great minds have played with balanced ternary. they all love it, they consider it beautiful read up on this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fowler_(inventor) this way lies great fun i think if this is your thing Kepler and Euler played with it "Perhaps the prettiest number system of all is the balanced ternary notation" - Donald Knuth