• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    SI being capable of interspecies translation is an interesting thing I hadn’t considered.

    • icelimit@lemmy.ml
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      11 days ago

      What’s more profound is that math is universal - after some teething pains with regards to understanding conventions, any alien technology should be comprehensive by us, and vice versa.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        “Wait you all started with base 60 and left it? It took us millenia to realize that it was the best choice, and once we did we never looked back”

        • Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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          10 days ago

          I think 840 is a better base number. It has 32 factors which is itself a power of 2. That is a highly versatile counting system if you ask me. But you didn’t so I apologize for asserting so.