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‘New York Times’ Invents Entirely New Numerical System To Avoid Reporting Gazan Death Toll (www.theonion.com)

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[-] stalfoss@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Base X means you can represent up to X with a single digit. “20” in base X is 2 * X. In base 10 what were used to, 20 is 2 * 10. In base 1000, “20” would be 2000

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