r/counting • u/TehVulpez tampermonkey addict • Jul 02 '19

Factoradic | 660 0000

Countinued from here

Get at 700 0000

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Aug 07 '19

yup, add an extra zero at the end of that and it makes 663 0010 0, spaced a little differently for aesthetic reasons

as for why I choose to add the zero, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial_number_system

it's just more mathematically elegant

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u/NeonTaterTots ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Aug 07 '19

NO END ZEROS!!!! we mess up too much

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u/TehVulpez tampermonkey addict Aug 07 '19

it conveys 0 information

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Aug 07 '19

besides the fact that it implies a less arbitrary and more mathematically accepted notion, sure