i^x = 2

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(11-10-2024 07:49 PM)AnnoyedOne Wrote:  You should be a baker (Dozen = 12) or live in North America (1 foot = 12 inches). I'm not sure if there's a "standard" inch but it is 2.54cm.

Or use a 12 hour clock, or a 12 month calendar, or 12 zodiacs, or 12 pennies in a shilling! While I think base 12 is superior I prefer to use multiples of 10 when our number system is base 10. I do wish the UK had just gone all-in on metric. I buy fuel in litres but my car reports efficiency in miles per gallon. Road signs give distances in miles but shorter distances are often in metres. I could go on.

That's a great find on that calculator, I love the figures for 11 and 12.

I quite like this cartoon, which I'm reminded of whenever I forget my input base in DC, and suddenly I have to work backwards to figure out what on earth I've mistakenly set the current base to.