• @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
    2•6 months ago

    I think they just mean base 12. So “10” isn’t ten, it’s 1 * 121 + 0 * 120; xyz is x * 122 + y * 121 + z * 120.

    Like sixteen in hex is 10 (commonly written 0x10, to differentiate it from decimal 10)

    Edit: oof, my client is trying to be clever with the mathematical writing and bungling it, I’ll try to fix… Hmm, hope that makes it better not worse

    • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      Exactly. I am trying to describe a duodecimal number system without using a decimal number system. “Ten” is a single-digit number. “Eleven” is a single digit number. “10” is pronounced “Twelve”.